The Magnificent

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***The Magnificent*** is the eighth track of *The Ottoman Empire Was An Empire*. It was the second single released ahead of the album.

## About

Suleiman the Magnificent ruled over 25 million people during the apex of the Ottoman Empire’s power. Suleiman led armies to victory in Belgrade, Rhodes, Safavid Persia and Northern Africa, as well as dominating the Mediterranean, the red sea, and the Persian Gulf.

As well as his impressive military achievements, the arts flourished under Suleiman’s rein. Ushering in the Golden Age of Ottoman art, culture, and literacy, Suleiman himself was both a poet and a goldsmith. Under his pen-name Muhibbi, Suleiman would write poems about love, the death of his son, and his relationship with power.

Suleimans legacy as *‘The Magnificent’* began even when he was still alive, idealising his rein and lauding him as the perfect Sultan. In later texts, unsurprisingly by Ottoman authors, his image would be idealised even more, and used for other Sultan’s to compare themselves to.

Suleiman the Magnificent died during the Siege of Szigetvár, in his tent, from natural causes. He was 71 at the time, and the battle resulted in an Ottoman victory.

## Lyrics

> *Groovin' around.*
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> *Got these emperors beaten.*
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> *Waging my warfare, and rarely defeated.*
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> *Safavid Persians**,*
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> *And India too**.*
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> *There is no limit*
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> *To what I can do.*
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> *(Süleyman) The Magnificent.*
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> *(Süleyman) No one more omnificent.*
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> *Most every day ya catch me fuckin' around,*
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> *Yet the Magnificent could never find out.*
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> *Funk that funky funk,*
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> *With a whole lot of cannons in the trunk.*
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> *Funk that funky funk,*
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> *With a whole lot of cannons in the trunk.*
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> *Shmoovin' around,*
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> *This Ottoman fleet**.*
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> *Unlimited power’s a delectable treat.*
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> *Take eastern Europe**.*
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> *North Africa, too**.*
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> *Step up to me,*
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> *And you end up like Petru.*
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> *(Süleyman) The Magnificent.*
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> *(Süleyman) No one more omnificent.*
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> *Yeah! Most every day ya catch me fuckin' around,*
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> *Yet the Magnificent could never find out. Ooh!*
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> *Funk that funky funk,*
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> *With a whole lot of cannons in the trunk.*
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> *Funk that funky funk,*
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> *With a whole lot of cannons in the trunk.*
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> *A poet, I'm a lover for the whole world to see, yeah**.*
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> *Realized the potential for what we could be.*
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> *The Ottoman Empire reigning on high.*
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> *The Ottoman Empire,*
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> *By the grace of God,*
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> *(AAAAA) It will never die!*
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> *(Süleyman) The Magnificent.*
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> *(Süleyman) Now let me hear those instruments!*
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> *OW!*
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> *Is this recording?*
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> *Süleyman, so Magnificent!*
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> *Like İstanbul in a china shop.*
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> *Funk around and find out, baby.*
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> *YOW!*
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> *We're gonna funk you up, Persia.*
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> *Ceyms Braun!*
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> *UNH!*
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> *I'm Süleyman the Magnificent.*
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> *You best believe I'm comin', and the ships'll be sent.*
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> *I fuck around, but I don't know where findin' out went.*
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> *Dissent, you may resent, but I will never repent.*
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> *Süleyman*
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> *The Magnificent.*
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> *I'm the Otto MAN!*
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> *What's that at starboard?*
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> *The Magnificent kicking ya ass.*
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> *Your Turkey's cooked!*
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> *What’s some other ad-libs I can do?*
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> *UNH!*
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> *Yeah,*
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> *WOW!*
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> *OW!*
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> *Ooh.*
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> *UNH!*
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> *Ohh wahh.*
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> *Yeah!*
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> *Lemme hear it!*
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> *Yeah!*
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> *YEAH!*
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> *UNH!*
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> *Ottoman Empire, baby.*
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> *Mushroom hat.*
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> *Onion hat.*
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> *The Magn̷̨͍̖͚̠̰̥̣̲̖̺͈̻̔̓͋͐͐̌͒̾̂̿̕͝ͅi̷̲̦̩̬̘̺͎̳̰͉̜͍͑̂̀̏͑̉̉f̵̧̨̡͎̤̳̬̝̝͙̫̩̦̎̃̐͊̓͂͆̽͌͑̚̚̕i̶̡̡̧̥̠̠̲͉̞̖͔̦͗́̄̈́̇̓̿̓̋̔̊͊͒̌ͅc̷̥̥͔̖̞̜̹̪͖̠̝̑̂̅̌͗̊̃̍̈́̿̏̚̕͠é̶̗̟͉̺̣̹̜͚͓͕̜͙̍̈́ņ̶̧͈͙̘̱̯̞͈̲̞̫̞̄̇̇͜t̶̡̨̢̢̰̣̪̹̥̯͍̼͕̐́̒̐̅͆͂͊͂̚̕͘ͅ*
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### Notes

1. ↑ The Ottoman-Safavid War, between 1532 and 1555, culminated in ‘The Peace of Amasya’, which defined the borders of the two empires. The Ottoman Empire, through this treaty, gained cities such as Baghdad, as well as  gaining access to the entirety of the Persian Gulf.
2. ↑ The Ottomans expanded their influence into India through their naval prowess, leading several campaigns against the Portuguese, in order to restore trade relations with the Mughal Empire.
3. ↑ Under Suleiman’s rule, the Ottoman Fleet would come to dominate the waters surrounding the Ottoman Empire. The Ottoman navies influence could be felt in places as far as Indonesia, where, in 1565, they sailed in support of the Sultanate of Aceh against the Portuguese Empire.
4. ↑ Even early in his rein, Sulieman brought the Ottoman Empire victory in the Siege of Belgrade (1521), expanding the empire further west than it had ever done before.
5. ↑ Alongside Barbary pirates, the Ottoman Empire defeated the Knights of Malta in Tripoli, who surrendered the city in 1530.
6. ↑ A poem from Suleiman, to his wife: *“Throne of my lonely niche, my wealth, my love, my moonlight. My most sincere friend, my confidant, my very existence, my Sultan, my one and only love. The most beautiful among the beautiful... My springtime, my merry faced love, my daytime, my sweetheart, laughing leaf... My plants, my sweet, my rose, the one only who does not distress me in this world... My Istanbul, my Caraman, the earth of my Anatolia My Badakhshan, my Baghdad and Khorasan My woman of the beautiful hair, my love of the slanted brow, my love of eyes full of mischief... I'll sing your praises always I, lover of the tormented heart, Muhibbi of the eyes full of tears, I am happy.”*