Top 5 Most Powerful Ottoman Sultans Explained in 13 Minutes

Bayazid I was neither poisoned, nor did he commit suicide (which is Haram in Islam). Bayazid was badly injured during the battle of Ankara. He lost his eye, and after a year of illness, his life ended. Taimur Lang never disrespected or tortured him. Taimur treated him with respect.

If Mehmet had lived ten more years, he would have conquered Italy.

You forgot Orhan Gazi (2nd sultan) who expanded the empire massively in the early ages. He was very generous and treated his soldiers very well, that's why his soldiers did not hesitate to die for him. The actual title for Suleyman was Lawgiver because he built a perfect fair justice system.

I heard a story about Sultan Murad IV. When he was patrolling in the city he decided to go to a boat. When he got into the boat, the rower was a person who drank wine. And he asked him what if the sultan hears about it. The rower was comfortable and said sultan can not see him in the sea. When they get to the shore, Sultan revealed his identity. The rower begged for mercy and he gave him a chance. He said, if you make a guess and it is right, I will let you live. He asked him, which door will I enter the city from? The rower said, whichever I tell you, you will use a different door. So I will write it on a paper and you will check it after you enter the city. Sultan agreed and told him to write it down. The rower wrote it down but he still had him executed. He ordered his people to make a new gate to the city that he will enter the city through that gate. After he entered, he checked the paper and read it. It was saying ' Congratulations on your new door, Sultan. Now, in Istanbul, there are many gates to enter. One of them is named 'Yenikapı'. Yeni means new, and kapı means door. And story says that this was the door that he had built. You never know if these kind of stories are true but it is a fun thing to know. :)

Selim was a military genius. He would often start the battle with close engagements, only to retreat later and pull his unaware enemies into the range of firearms which instantly devastated their ranks.

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I am from Bangladesh 🇧🇩, I don't know turkish history a lot, but I like to watch turkish history-based serials , I really feel very proud of our Muslim empires and I'm really grateful to those heroes who did a lot for ummah.May Allah grant them Jannah.

Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent remains my Icon. Followed by Murad IV. I call him Murad the Serious. Nothing amuses him. Always serious. All the names that made the list deserve it.

As a Bangladeshi 🇧🇩.. 1.Mehmet The Conquer 2.Selim the Grim 3.Sulieman the Magnificent 4.Bayezid 1st 5.Sultan Orhan

People forgot Mehmed 1 (Çelebi Mehmed). He fought for political unity and enemies as well. He reunited Ottomans in a big struggle.

1- Selim I 2 - Mehmed II 3 - Murad II 4 - Murad I 5- Mehmed I Empire wasn't built in 10 days all of them was Marshal, all of them brave enough to fight in the battlefield and all of them succeed more than any other Ottoman ruler

Certain facts you might wish to include; Mehmet the Conquerer, took the throne at an early age, but seeing the Balkan states forming up a coalition again in order to take advantage of his youth, asked his father, who was in retirement, to take charge, he retook back throne when his father died, to this day, historians argue whether If it was Mehmet himself or the Çandarlı Halil Pasha that convinced Murad II to come back, and the infamous letter that was sent to him by Mehmet II, simply saying; If you are the Sultan come and lead your armies, If I am the Sultan, I order you, come and lead my armies. Selim the I, Grim, actually dethroned his father, Bayezid II, rumour has it Bayezid cursed his son, saying; Son, let your sword be sharp and your reign be swift, which happened, in a way. Murad IV., saw his older brother Osman II, get dethroned by the revolt of Janissaries, Osman II was a reformist and wanted to take the empire further in terms of scientific and structural terms, he wanted to get rid of the Janissaries who grew too influential and saw the western countries advancing in terms of military might, and realized the shackles that kept the Ottoman Empire standing still, wanted to change that, Murad IV. saw all of these incidents first hand, therefore ruled with an Iron Fist, in order to not end up like his older brother. All Ottoman have some early life experiences that shapes them, even the Suleiman the Magnificent, almost fell victim to assassination of his own father, Selim the Grim, If it was not for his mother saving him from a gift Caftan, laced with poison.

As a Turkish , My Favourite 1= Sultan Mehmed The Conqueror 2= Sultan Selim the Grim

Murad IV was a badass! He was over 6ft tall broad brave and ruthless its well known he could wield a 60KG mace in one hand he went to war with the saffavids who were busy massacring and forcing people in iraq to shia'sm and Murad IV utterly defeated them and returned iraq back to the ottomans triumphantly i feel alot of prayers were answered from the iraqi people suffering because this leader murad was the best leader since sulieman the magnificent that was over 70 years before he only lived to retake Iraq and died in his 20s imagine if he had lived long what he could have achieved but maybe he was brought to rule to free the iraqi sunni people who knows God knows best

You should have included Sultan Osman I and also Sultan Abdulhamid II :)) In summary, it is a good video packed with quite a lot of infos.

Murad 4 was a beast for real if he lived longer he would have done all those things which Suleman the magnificent couldn't

No wonder Murad IV is on the list, raised by Kosem, She's such a great and brave mother. Hats off to her.

Sultan Murad 4 and Sultan Mehmmet 2 are my favourite

Suliman The Magnificent, my ideal hero..

Wow murad 4 was genius sultan and one of the powerful sultan agreed with top 5 list