FAQ About Magnificent Suleiman

Suleiman the Magnificent's full name was Sultan Suleiman bin Selim Khan, in Ottoman Turkish: سلطان سليمان ابن سليم خان‎ Sultan Süleyman bin Selim Han. In addition to being known as Suleiman the Magnificent, he was also referred to by various other titles and epithets, such as "Suleiman the Lawgiver" (Kanuni Sultan Suleiman) due to his significant legal reforms. The use of "bin" in his full name means "son of," indicating that he was the son of Sultan Selim I.