{"id":12024,"date":"2022-03-24T13:44:38","date_gmt":"2022-03-24T12:44:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.historyextra.com\/?p=204334"},"modified":"2022-03-24T13:58:10","modified_gmt":"2022-03-24T12:58:10","slug":"suleyman-the-magnificent-the-16th-centurys-most-powerful-ruler","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbchistory\/rss_feed\/suleyman-the-magnificent-the-16th-centurys-most-powerful-ruler\/","title":{"rendered":"Suleyman the Magnificent: the 16th-century\u2019s most powerful ruler?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"><\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By Rhiannon Davies\n                \t\t<\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Thursday, 24 March 2022 at 12:00 am<\/p><hr class=\"no-tts wp-block-separator\"\/><?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body><p>When Suleyman the Magnificent became Sultan of the <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.historyextra.com\/period\/medieval\/6-things-you-probably-didnt-know-about-the-ottoman-empire\/&quot;\">Ottoman empire<\/a> in 1520, he was proclaimed the world\u2019s most powerful man, who could use his armies to smite Christendom. But behind the facade, scheming favourites pulled the strings and worked tirelessly to fulfil their own endless ambitions. Rhiannon Davies spoke to Christopher de Bellaigue to uncover the truth about Suleyman\u2019s fascinating reign.<\/p>\n<!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"&quot;wp-audio-shortcode&quot;\" id=\"&quot;audio-204334-1&quot;\" preload=\"&quot;none&quot;\" style=\"&quot;width:\" controls=\"&quot;controls&quot;\"><source type=\"&quot;audio\/mpeg&quot;\" src=\"&quot;https:\/\/media.immediate.co.uk\/volatile\/sites\/7\/2022\/03\/Suleyman-7484816.mp3?_=1&quot;\"\/><a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/media.immediate.co.uk\/volatile\/sites\/7\/2022\/03\/Suleyman-7484816.mp3&quot;\">https:\/\/media.immediate.co.uk\/volatile\/sites\/7\/2022\/03\/Suleyman-7484816.mp3<\/a><\/audio><p><strong>Christopher de Bellaigue is the author of <em>The Lion House: The Coming of A King <\/em>(Bodley Head, 2022)<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul><li><a href=\"\/\/uk.bookshop.org\/books\/the-lion-house-the-coming-of-a-king\/9781847922397&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;nofollow noopener noreferrer\" noopener=\"\" noreferrer=\"\"><strong>Buy now on Bookshop.org<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/Lion-House-Coming-King\/dp\/1847922392?tag=bbchistory045-21&amp;ascsubtag=historyextra-0&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;sponsored&quot; noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Buy now on Amazon<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/\/www.waterstones.com\/book\/the-lion-house\/christopher-de-bellaigue\/9781847922397&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;nofollow noopener noreferrer\" noopener=\"\" noreferrer=\"\"><strong>Buy now on Waterstones<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><p><a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.historyextra.com\/how-to-download-the-history-extra-podcast\/&quot;\">How to download the <em>HistoryExtra<\/em> podcast<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"&quot;standard-button__iefix&quot;\"><span class=\"&quot;standard-button__visible&quot;\"><span class=\"&quot;standard-button__inner&quot;\"><a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/media.acast.com\/historyextra\/suleyman-the-magnificent-the-16th-centurys-most-powerful-rul\/media.mp3&quot;\">Download as MP3<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><\/body><\/html>\n<hr class=\"no-tts wp-block-separator\"\/>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Rhiannon Davies Published: Thursday, 24 March 2022 at 12:00 am When Suleyman the Magnificent became Sultan of the Ottoman empire in 1520, he was proclaimed the world\u2019s most powerful man, who could use his armies to smite Christendom. 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