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  1. Selim I - Wikipedia

    Selim I (Ottoman Turkish: سليم الأول; Turkish: I. Selim; 10 October 1470 – 22 September 1520), also known as Selim the Grim or Selim the Resolute[3] (Turkish: Yavuz Sultan Selim), was the …

  2. Selim I | Biography, Accomplishments, History, & Facts | Britannica

    Selim I, Ottoman sultan (1512–20) who extended the empire to Syria, Egypt, Palestine, and the Hejaz and raised the Ottomans to leadership of the Muslim world.

  3. History of Ottoman Sultan Selim I: Why was he called “the Grim”?

    Jul 12, 2024 · Selim I, also known as “Selim the Grim” or “Selim the Resolute,” was the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1512 to 1520. He is renowned for his military prowess and …

  4. Who Was the Terrifying Ottoman Sultan Selim “the Grim”?

    Jul 9, 2024 · Selim I, who was nicknamed “the Grim” was the ruler of the Ottoman Empire from 1512-20. Despite his short reign, he is comfortably one of the most famous of all the Ottoman …

  5. Eliminating the Competition: Selim I, A Grim Conqueror Who …

    Dec 24, 2025 · Selim I (known also by his epithet ‘Yavuz’, which, translated from Turkish, means ‘the Grim’) was the 9th sultan of the Ottoman Empire who lived during the second half of the …

  6. Selim I Yavuz (1512-1520) The Enormous Ottoman Expansion

    Aug 18, 2025 · Selim I Yavuz (the Grim) was the 9 th Sultan of the Ottoman Empire. He is born in 1470 in the city of Amasya, the youngest son of Sultan Bayezid II and Gulbahar Sultana. …

  7. Selim I - Wikiwand

    Selim I, also known as Selim the Grim or Selim the Resolute, was the sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1512 to 1520. Despite lasting only eight years, his reign...

  8. Selim I. - Ottoman

    During the sultanate of his father Bayezid II, Selim was appointed as the Governor of Trabizon (The Black Sea Region of Anatolia). He learnt the administrative regulations and the military …

  9. God's Shadow: Sultan Selim, His Ottoman Empire, and the …

    Now Alan Mikhail presents a vitally needed recasting of Ottoman history, retelling the story of the Ottoman conquest of the world through the dramatic biography of Sultan Selim I (1470–1520).

  10. Selim I - Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

    Selim I (10 October 1470 – 22 September 1520), also known as Selim The Grim or Selim the Resolute, was the 9th Sultan and the 1st caliph of the Ottoman Empire.