Selim II, Sultan · Eleventh Ottoman sultan

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Selim IIسليم الثاني

Istanbul

A sultan whose reign saw the conquest of Cyprus and the loss at Lepanto.

He left government to the vizier Sokollu Mehmed Pasha. Cyprus was taken in 1571 but the fleet was destroyed at Lepanto the same year. Sinan built him the Selimiye Mosque in Edirne.

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Suleiman IMurad III

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