List of campaigns of Suleiman the Magnificent
The imperial campaigns (, "sefer-i humāyūn") of Suleiman the Magnificent were a series of campaigns led by Suleiman, who was the tenth and longest-reigning Sultan of the Ottoman Empire. He is known in the Western world as "Suleiman the Magnificent", and in the East as "the Lawgiver" (), for his complete reconstruction of the Ottoman legal system. During his reign from 1520 to his death in 1566, the Ottoman Empire became the most powerful state in the world. At its height, the Empire stretched from Hungary to Yemen.
Kösem Sultan
Kösem Sultan (, ) (' 1589 – 2 September 1651) – also known as Mahpeyker Sultan"' (; "Māh-peyker") – was one of the most powerful women in Ottoman history. Kösem Sultan achieved power and influenced the politics of the Ottoman Empire when she became Haseki Sultan as favourite consort and later legal wife of Ottoman Sultan Ahmed I (r. 1603–1617) and Valide Sultan as mother of Murad IV (r. 1623–1640) and Ibrahim (r. 1640–1648), and grandmother of Mehmed IV (r. 1648–1687). She was one of the most prominent figures during the era Sultanate of Women. She was the favourite Haseki sultan during the reign of Bahti Sultan Ahmed Khan. She was the Valide sultan to Murad IV and Ibrahim of the Ottoman Empire, as well as a regent (Naib-i-sultanat) to Mehmed IV and Murad IV.