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Suleiman the Magnificent (aka Süleyman I or Suleiman I, r. 1520-1566) was the tenth and longest-reigning sultan of the Ottoman Empire. Hailed as a skilled military commander, a just ruler, and a divinely anointed monarch during his lifetime...

A map showing the various Turkic principalities that emerged from the remains of the Sultanate of Rum. The territories shown approximately reflect the 14th Century CE.

A 19th century CE painting depicting the Knights Hospitaller defending Acre during the siege by the Mamluk Sultanate in 1291 CE.

A plan of the city of Acre at the time of the 1291 CE siege by the Mamluk Sultanate.

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The tomb of Feroz Shah Tughluq, Sultan of the Delhi sultanate (r. 1351-1388) in the Hauz Khas Complex, Delhi.

Hexagonal tile ensemble with sphinx (c. 1160-1170 CE), taken from a fallen citadel-palace in Konya, the capital of the Seljuk Sultanate of Rum. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York)

The Begumpur masjid, a part of the Begumpur mosque built during the reign of the Tughlaq dynasty of the Delhi sultanate in the mid-14th century.

The tomb in Delhi of Ghiyasuddin Tughluq (r. 1320-1325), Sultan of the Delhi sultanate and the founder of the Tughlaq dynasty.

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