Selim I
Sultan of the Ottoman Empire
Born on: October 10, 1470Died on: September 22, 1520
Aged: 49 years 348 days (599 months)
Gender: Male
Nationality: Ottoman empire
Birth Sign: Libra
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 is notable for the enormous expansion of the Empire, particularly his conquest between 1516 and 1517 of the entire Mamluk Sultanate of Egypt, which included all of the Levant, Hejaz, and Egypt itself.
On the eve of his death in 1520, the Ottoman Empire spanned about 3.4 million km2 (1.3 million sq mi), having grown by seventy percent during Selim's reign.
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