Selim I

**Selim I** (Ottoman Turkish: سليم الأول; Turkish: *I. Selim*; 10 October 1470 – 22 September 1520), dem sanso know as **Selim the Grim** anaa **Selim the Resolute** (Turkish: *Yavuz Sultan Selim*), na he be de sultan of de Ottoman Empire from 1512 to 1520. Despite he last eight years per, ein reign be notable for de enormous expansion of de Empire, particularly ein conquest between 1516 den 1517 of de entire Mamluk Sultanate of Egypt, wich include all of de Levant, Hejaz, Tihamah den Egypt einself. On de eve of ein death insyd 1520, de Ottoman Empire span about , having grown by seventy percent during Selim ein reign.

Selim ein conquest of de Middle Eastern heartlands of de Muslim world, den particularly ein assumption of de role of guardian of de pilgrimage routes to Mecca den Medina, establish de Ottoman Empire as de pre-eminent Muslim state. Ein conquests dramatically shift de empire ein geographical den cultural center of gravity away from de Balkans den toward de Middle East. By de eighteenth century, Selim ein conquest of de Mamluk Sultanate cam to be romanticized as de moment wen de Ottomans seize leadership over de rest of de Muslim world, den consequently Selim popularly be remembered as de first legitimate Ottoman Caliph, although stories of an official transfer of de caliphal office from de Mamluk Abbasid dynasty to de Ottomans be a later invention.

## Early life

Dem born Selim insyd Amasya on 10 October 1470 as de son of Şehzade Bayezid (later Bayezid II) during de reign of ein grandpoppie Mehmed II. Ein mommie be Gülbahar Hatun, a Pontic Greek concubine, wey be formerly confused plus Ayşe Hatun, anoda consort of Bayezid den daughter of Alaüddevle Bozkurt Bey, de eleventh ruler of de Dulkadirids. Insyd 1479 at de age of nine, ein grandpoppie send am to Istanbul to be circumcised along plus ein bros. Insyd 1481, ein grandpoppie Mehmed II die wey ein poppie cam be Sultan Bayezid II. Six years later insyd 1487, ein poppie send am to Trabzon to serve der as governor.

## Family

### Consorts
Selim I get two known consorts:

* Hafsa Hatun, mommie of Suleiman the Magnificent;
* Ayşe Hatun

### Sons
Selim I get at least six sons:

* Şehzade Salih (he die 1499, dem bury insyd Gülbahar Hatun Mausoleum, Trabzon)
* Şehzade Orhan (? – before 1520)
* Şehzade Musa (? – before 1520)
* Şehzade Korkud (? – before 1520)
* Suleiman I (6 November 1494 – 6 September 1566) – plus Hafsa Hatun. Dem sanso know as Suleiman the Magnificent, cam be sultan after ein poppie ein death.
* Üveys Pasha ( 1512 – 1547). Illegitimate son, governor of Yemen

### Daughters
Selim I get at least nine daughters:

* Hatice Sultan (*ante* 1494 – *post* 1543/44) – daughter of Hafsa.
* Fatma Sultan (*ante* 1494 –  1566) – daughter of Hafsa.
* Hafize Hafsa Sultan (*ante* 1494 – 10 July 1538) - daughter of Hafsa.
* Beyhan Sultan (*ante* 1494 – 1559) – daughter of Hafsa.
* Gevherhan Sultan ( – after 1514)
* Şah Sultan ( 1500 – 1572), dem sanso call Devlet Şahihuban Sultan.
* Şahzade Sultan (? – *ante* 1517), dem sanso know as Sultanzade Sultan
* Kamerşah Sultan (she die on 27 September 1503 insyd Trabzon, dem bury insyd Gülbahar Hatun Mausoleum, Trabzon), dem sanso call Kamer Sultan;
* Yenişah Sultan (? – ?).
* Hanım Sultan

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