Question: who is yavuz sultan selim?
Answer: Selim I, byname Yavuz (“The Grim”), (born 1470, Amasya, Ottoman Empire [now in Turkey]—died Sept. 22, 1520, Çorlu), Ottoman sultan (1512–20) who extended the empire to Syria, the Hejaz, and Egypt and raised the Ottomans to leadership of the Muslim world.