Sultan Suleiman's First and Last War - The Magnificent Sultan Suleiman The Magnificent! Commonly known as Suleiman the Magnificent in the West and Suleiman the Lawgiver in his realm, was the tenth and longest-reigning Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1520 until his death in 1566. Under his administration, the Ottoman Empire ruled over at least 25 million people. Born: November 6, 1494, Trabzon, Turkey Died: September 1566, Szigetvár, Hungary Source : Wikipedia | Turkish Series Stories