THE STORY OF THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE

WEEK #5

Suleyman I (“Kanuni”) 1520-66

Mimar Sinan (1490-1588)

Sehzade Mehmed Mosque - Istanbul

Sehzade Mehmed Mosque

Suleymaniye Mosque - Istanbul

Suleymaniye Mosque

Suleyman I (“Kanuni”) 1520-66

“Makbul” Ibrahim Pasha (“Favorite”)

Suleyman I (“Kanuni”) 1520-66

Suleyman I Roxelana

“Maktul” Ibrahim Pasha (“Executed”)

Suleyman I Roxelana

Sehzade Mustafa

Suleyman I (“The Magnificent”) 1520-66

Suleymaniye Mosque - Istanbul

Roxelana’s Mausoleum

Suleyman I (“The Magnificent”) 1520-66

Suleyman’s Mausoleum

OTTOMAN PEAK & DECLINE

Trade Routes

CAUSES OF DECLINE

• Decline in Quality of Leadership• Military Decline• Economic Decline• Moral Decline• Rigidity