In the west he was known as "Suleiman the Magnificent", but we ... And documents like that would have had a tughra like this. The tughra itself names the Sultan, while the line below reads ...

In the west he was known as "Suleiman the Magnificent", but we ... And documents like that would have had a tughra like this. The tughra itself names the Sultan, while the line below reads ...

Welcome to part three of this history of the world through objects, which we pick up between 1400 and 1500. As always, we're looking at 'things', that tell us about how societies organised themselves, ...

Commissioned by Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent and designed by the legendary architect Sinan, the mosque stands as both a spiritual sanctuary and a masterpiece of Ottoman imperial architecture.