Saleem I

 Saleem I:

 The 9th ruler of the Ottoman Empire:

 Born: 10 October 1470 in Amasia.

 Died: 22 September 1520, Corloe.

 Saleem's father Bayazid appointed his eldest son Ahmed as his successor during his lifetime but Prince Saleem longed for the throne.  As a result, civil war broke out between the two brothers.  A large part of the army was supporting Saleem.  For almost two years, they fought for power.

 Finally, in January 1512, the people of Constantinople and the imperial forces proclaimed the kingdom of Salem.  Later, on April 25, 1512, Salem's supporters deposed Bayazid and Salem I became the ruler of the entire Ottoman Empire.  Saleem spent the first year of his government crushing his brothers and nephews.  Saleem was nicknamed "Yavuz" because of his tough stance, which meant terrorist.

 He was as famous as a poet as he was as a king.

 Saleem wrote poetry in both Persian and Turkish.

 Salim I was one of the great conquerors of the Ottoman Empire and his characteristic was that he made the East a battlefield instead of advancing towards the West because he believed that as long as the Ottoman Empire had equal Safavid and Mamluk governments  Until then, no progress can be made in Europe.  He defeated the Mamluks in the Battle of Marj Dabak and the Battle of Radania and annexed Syria, Palestine and Egypt to the Ottoman Empire.  With the defeat of the Mamluks, the Hijaz and the holy cities of Mecca and Medina in it also came under the influence of the Ottoman Empire.

 After this victory in Cairo, the last Abbasid caliph under the Mamluks surrendered to the Caliphate at the hands of Al-Mutawakil Salim I and handed over the sword of the Holy Prophet (sws) to him.

 Thus the caliphate passed from the Abbasi dynasty to the Ottoman dynasty.  From that day on, Turkish rulers were called sultans and caliphs.

 When the Sharif of Makkah came to the Jama Masjid of Damascus and presented the keys of the Kaaba to Sultan Saleem I, Saleem became the leader of the Muslim world.  From the pulpit, when Saleem was called Sahib al-Harmain al-Sharifeen in the sermon, he shouted, "The Turks cannot be the owner of the two holy shrines.

 The Mamluks were defeated between 1516 and 1517, when their kingdom had reached the age of old age and the last page of its history was to be penned.  Debate A great Islamic power, whether in the Middle East or around the world, had lost its power to maintain its identity and its youth.  So his government fell and the territories under his control fell to the Ottomans.

 After dealing with Egypt, Saleem launched a war against the Safavid Empire of Iran, defeating King Ismail I the worst in the Battle of Chaldran and capturing Tabriz, the capital of the Safavids.  I did not join.

 In 1518, the Barbarossa brothers (the rise of Barbarossa and Khairuddin Barbarossa) snatched Algeria from the Spanish government and made it part of the Ottoman Empire.  Saleem extended the empire to Syria, Hijaz and Egypt, giving the Muslim world leadership in the form of the Ottomans.

 During his reign, Salem increased the area of ​​the Ottoman Empire from 2.5 million square kilometers to 6.5 million square kilometers.

 Sultan Salem I was on his way from Adrian to Constantinople when he fell ill and died on 22 September 1520 at Corlo.  His death was kept secret by his ministers.  When the new Sultan Suleiman (Salem's son) arrived in Constantinople, his death was announced.

 Salem's body was buried on a hill northwest of Istanbul.  Later a mosque was also built here.  The graves of his mother, sons and daughters were also made near his grave.

 When the Sultan conquered Egypt, Egypt once again returned to the Islamic Khilafah, as it had in the early Islamic period.  He did not attack the endowments of the Egyptian sultans.  Rather, he fixed the ranks for endowments, profits, pastures and income of the two holy shrines.  Scholarships for orphans, elders and the disabled.  Arranged the construction of forts and the expenses of Sofia.  Eliminate atrocities, looting and all illegal taxes.  Created discipline in all areas.  When Sultan Saleem I died, his son Ghazi Sultan Suleiman (as) ascended the throne.  Those who laid the foundation of good governance, achieved the highest goals, and established order in all parts of the country.  Erased the darkness, raised the tower of religion.  He consumed the fire of the disbelievers.  All the regions were fully organized under his rule and obeyed his orders.  In his early days, after the Rightly Guided Caliphs, he was the one who carried out the affairs of the Nation of Islam in the best possible way, was the most defender of the religion and the one who waged the most jihad against the polytheists.  That is why the boundaries of his captive kingdom reached far and wide as Allah Kareem conquered many territories at the hands of him and his caliphs.  I did not neglect the establishment of Islamic rites, adherence to the Sunnah of Muhammadiyah, respect for the ulema and the religious class and service to the two holy shrines.