{{Infobox officeholder
|name=Suleiman the Magnificent
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|birth_date=November 6, 1494
|birth_place=Trabzon Beylerbeyliği, Ottoman Empire
|death_date=September 6, 1566 (aged 71)
|death_place=Szigetvár, Kingdom of Hungary
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|office=Sultan of the Ottoman Empire
|term_start=1520
|term_end=1566
|preceded=[[Selim the Grim]]
|succeeded=[[Selim II]]
}}
'''Suleiman the Magnificent''' (1494 - 1566 A.D.) was the most illustrious [[sultan]] of the [[Ottoman Empire]] ruling from 1520 to 1566. He was also known as Suleiman Kanuni, "The Lawgiver". Under his rule, the Empire significantly expanded by conquering lands in the [[Balkans]] and eastern [[Mediterranean]].