Suleiman the Magnificent

The "Lawgiver" of the East and the "Magnificent" of the West, Suleiman was the zenith of the Ottoman sun. He was a poet, a goldsmith, and a conqueror who pushed the borders of Islam to the very gates of Vienna, all while harmonizing the complex laws of his multi-ethnic empire. He lived in a world of silk and steel, a man whose presence was so imposing that he transformed the Mediterranean into an Ottoman lake. He represents the sovereign as the Universal Polymath, the one who seeks to master both the art of the pen and the science of the siege.