Sultan Süleyman Khan (Magnificent Century)

Sultan Süleyman Khan is one of two protagonists (alongside Hürrem Sultan) of Magnificent Century Live-Action TV show. He's the tenth Sultan of the Ottoman Empire. He's played by Halit Ergenç.
== Biography ==
In the first episode, Süleyman (at this time still the heir to the throne) hunts with his guards and his best friend Ibrahim. At this time, a letter arrives from the Grand Vizier Piri Pasha. This letter reports that Suleiman's father, Sultan Selim, has died, and Suleiman urgently needs to come to the capital to take the throne, which he does. Very soon Suleiman shows himself to be a very competent ruler. In particular, he pays money to the Janissaries, executes a corrupt official, and plans further military campaigns. The people admired Suleiman. During this time, he falls in love with one of the girls of the harem (who in the future will become Hürrem Sultan). He begins to like her more and more. However, she soon ends up in prison for being rude to Makhidevran (although Mahidevran herself started the conflict), and the Sultan orders her to be released. Mahidevran does not calm down and beats Hurrem (although she had a miscarriage before this and Mahidevran did it out of emotion). The Sultan, having learned about this, scolds Mahidevran, directly stating that the hand raised against his harem is also raised against him. At this time, the Sultan sends his messenger to ensure that King Lajos pays off his debts. But Lajos instead cuts off the messenger's head and sends it to the Sultan. Suleiman himself is angry about this. He takes the murder of the messenger as a personal insult and decides to declare war on Lajos. Ibrahim is developing a strategy for this war. Suleiman goes to war and wins it. During the war, he disrupts a wedding hosted by Lajos. Lajos' friends got married, the commander of the fortress, which was captured by the Ottomans, and his beloved girl Victoria. During the assault, the head of the fortress attacks Ibrahim, but Suleiman, who arrives in time, kills the head of the fortress. It was decided to spare the bride. Returning to Istanbul, the Sultan learns that his mother wanted to marry Hurrem, but the latter turned out to be pregnant. The Sultan reprimands his mother for this. Suleiman celebrates the pregnancy of his beloved woman, but Hurrem becomes ill. It turns out that the food was poisoned, and Mahidevran did it. Soon Hurrem's son Mehmet is born. Later, a certain girl named Victoria appears in the Sultan's harem. She saves Mehmet and Mahidevran's son Mustafa from a fire. The Sultan gives her to his mother's service. And she later transfers it to Hatice’s service. The Sultan at this time captures Rhodes and catches his relative, who made an attempt on the life of the Sultan, as a result of which Ibrahim almost died. Soon Suleiman appoints Ibrahim as grand vizier, which causes mixed reactions from other viziers. One of the viziers named Ahmed Pasha, whom Ibrahim appointed governor of Egypt, carries out a coup, and Ibrahim, on the orders of the Sultan, restores order there. Ahmed Pasha himself loses his head. The Sultan also suppresses the Janissary uprising, because of which his beloved sister Hatice fell down the stairs and lost her child. He also learns that the husband of his other sister Beykhan, whose name is Ferhat Pasha, sets taxes in defiance of the laws and lines his pockets at their expense, and also oppresses the people, despite the fact that he has already been given a chance to live with dignity. The Sultan orders Ibrahim to understand what happened as best as possible, and Ibrahim confirms the criminal activities of Ferhat Pasha. It was decided to execute Ferhat Pasha. The sentence is carried out. Suleman's sister Beyhan tells Hatice that one day Suleiman will also execute Ibrahim (who by that time had already become Hatice's husband). At this time, murders occur in the harem. First, one of Suleiman's concubines named Aishe is killed. Hurrem is accused of this. However, her innocence is soon confirmed. Later, the incident takes place in the chambers of Hurrem herself. They attack Hurrem's friend Maria (however, this was done by Gulshakh, who decided to curry favor with her mistress Makhidevran, but no one will ever know). Soon Victoria (the same concubine who saved the Sultan’s children) attacks the Sultan with a knife. He neutralizes her. It turns out that she was the bride of the commander of the fortress that the Sultan once captured. It was her fiancé who was once killed by Sultan Suleiman. Matrakchi, who fell in love with her, drowns her on the orders of Ibrahim. Later they go on a campaign, during which Lajos dies (it is unknown whether he was killed by the Sultan himself or someone from his army). Soon, a princess appears in the Sultan's harem, whom he wants to use in his political game. But she disappears (although the viewer knows that this happened through the fault of Hurrem, it is unknown whether the Sultan himself found out about this). Later, the Sultan marries Hurrem and they have many children. He continues to take an active part in the life of the state and go on hikes. However, he soon begins to doubt Ibrahim. Although he is still loyal to the Sultan, he behaves more and more arrogantly (in particular, he cheats on Hatice and calls himself superior to the Sultan). Ultimately, the Sultan gets tired of this and executes Ibrahim. Hatice blames him for breaking the oath he once gave to Ibrahim that he would not execute him while he was alive. She begins to weave intrigues against the Sultan and Hurrem. Her sister Shah helps her with this. It comes to the point that Shah Lutfi Pasha's husband becomes the Grand Vizier. But he does not stay in this post for long and soon the Sultan, having learned that Lutfi Pasha burned the genitals of a prostitute instead of punishing her according to the law and also attacked Shah Sultan, sends Lutfi Pasha into exile. Before this, he harshly reprimanded Lutfi Pasha for his behavior, claiming that by insulting his sister, the vizier personally insulted the Sultan, and also punished the prostitute too harshly (in fact, he committed lynching). SüleymanPasha was appointed to the post of Grand Vizier. The Sultan demands that he summon Mustafa to the capital. The fact is that Mustafa (who was the governor of Manisa for many years) began to make mistakes more and more often, for which there was no explanation. The Sultan decides to appoint Mustafa as governor of Amasya. Then he goes on a military campaign. At this time, Hurrem is kidnapped. It turned out that Hatice did it. She wanted the Sultan to feel for himself what he condemned her to by executing Ibrahim. Hatice commits suicide. Soon, the Sultan again goes on a military campaign. Upon returning, he learns that his son Mehmet (whom he appointed to rule Manisa instead of Mustafa) died of the plague (in fact, Mehmet was killed on the orders of Mahidevran). At this time, Hurrem returns home. The Sultan is very happy about this. Soon, Hurrem, having united with her daughter’s husband Mihrimah Rustem, begins to weave intrigues against Mustafa. Mustafa himself turns his father against himself with his reckless actions. Alexandra Anastasia Lisowska skillfully adds fuel to the fire, and this leads to the fact that the Sultan, fed up with Mustafa's recklessness, tells him that if Mustafa is guilty again, the Sultan will give the necessary order (most likely, hinting at execution). Later, Hurrem manipulates the evidence against Mustafa and accuses him of teaming up with Shah Tahmasp, showing the Sultan the correspondence she had manipulated. The Sultan goes on a military campaign, during which he executes Mustafa. The people revolt, and the Sultan removes Rustem from the post of Grand Vizier. Instead, the Sultan appoints the husband of his next sister Fatma, Kara-Akhmet Pasha, to this position. However, after a couple of years, he steals money from the treasury and sends it to the rebels. In anger, the Sultan executes Kara-Ahmet Pasha and returns Rustem to the position of Grand Vizier. Later, the Sultan expels Fatma herself from the palace. She tried to kill Hurrem. However, Hurrem herself soon dies from the disease. At this time, one of the Sultan's sons, Bayazid, rebelled and was captured by the Persians. The Sultan's other son, Selim, ransoms and kills him. The Sultan, getting sicker and sicker, and having also heard unflattering reviews about himself, sets off on his last military campaign. There he executes a corrupt official and captures the Szigetvár fortress. He soon dies from natural causes.
== Personality ==
Suleyman is shown as an honest Sultan who sincerely cares about his people. He constantly goes to the people dressed as a commoner to find out what the people think about his politics. He often helps ordinary people. However, with age, Suleiman becomes more and more paranoid, fearing a riot. This becomes one of the reasons for the execution of his son Mustafa by Suleiman. However, deep down, Suleiman does not want to turn into the same tyrant as his father is shown (although his mother and sisters consider him very similar to his father, Sultan Selim Khan because of his paranoia).
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