Selim I, Ottoman sultan (born 1465)

Selim I

Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1512 to 1520

Selim I, 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 is notable for the enormous expansion of the Empire, particularly his conquest between 1516 and 1517 of the entire Mamluk…