{"id":"selim-i","type":"person","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/selim-i","language":"en","name":"Selim I","name_en":"Selim I","name_ne":null,"description":"9th Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1512 to 1520","headline":"9th Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1512 to 1520","also_known_as":[],"summary":"Selim I, also known as Selim the Grim or Selim the Resolute, was the sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1512 to 1520. Despite lasting only eight years, his reign is notable for the enormous expansion of the Empire, particularly his conquest between 1516 and 1517 of the entire Mamluk Sultanate of Egypt, which included all of the Levant, Hejaz, and Egypt itself. On the eve of his death in 1520, the Ottoman Empire spanned about 3.4 million km2 (1.3 million sq mi), having grown by seventy percent during Selim's reign.","summary_more":[],"facts":[{"key":"born","label":"Born","values":[{"text":"10 October 1470","date":"1470-10-10"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q494660#P569"}},{"key":"birthplace","label":"Place of birth","values":[{"text":"Amasya","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q170532"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q494660#P19"}},{"key":"died","label":"Died","values":[{"text":"22 September 1520","date":"1520-09-22"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q494660#P570"}},{"key":"deathplace","label":"Place of death","values":[{"text":"Çorlu","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q214655"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q494660#P20"}},{"key":"occupation","label":"Occupation","values":[{"text":"poet","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q49757"},{"text":"monarch","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q116"},{"text":"sultan","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q43292"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q494660#P106"}},{"key":"spouse","label":"Spouse","values":[{"text":"Ayşe Hatun","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5999082"},{"text":"Hafsa Sultan","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2425979"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q494660#P26"}},{"key":"positions","label":"Positions held","values":[{"text":"caliph (1517–1520)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q65997","start":"1517","end":"1520-09-22"},{"text":"sultan of the Ottoman Empire (5 May 1512 – 22 September 1520)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15315411","start":"1512-05-05","end":"1520-09-22"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q494660#P39"}}],"office":null,"sections":[],"cited":[],"cited_from":null,"videos":[],"last_reviewed":null,"organizations":[],"same_as":["https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selim_I","https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q494660"],"faq":[{"q":"When was Selim I born?","a":"Selim I was born on 10 October 1470 in Amasya."},{"q":"What positions has Selim I held?","a":"Positions held by Selim I include: caliph (1517–1520); sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1512–1520)."}],"related":[{"name":"Suleiman the Magnificent","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/suleiman-the-magnificent"},{"name":"Abdul Hamid I","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/abdul-hamid-i"},{"name":"Hisham II of Córdoba","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/hisham-ii-of-cordoba"},{"name":"Al-Hakam II","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/al-hakam-ii"},{"name":"Abd al-Rahman IV","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/abd-al-rahman-iv"},{"name":"Abd al-Rahman V","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/abd-al-rahman-v"},{"name":"Mehmed II","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/mehmed-ii"},{"name":"Bayezid I","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/bayezid-i"},{"name":"Murad II","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/murad-ii"},{"name":"Ahmed I","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/ahmed-i"},{"name":"Murad I","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/murad-i"}],"places_in":[],"nearby":[],"image":{"url":"https://diginpl.com/kb-img/selim-i-6c2baa3b90.jpg","width":500,"height":864,"license":"Public domain","credit":"16th century artist","page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Selim_I._Semailname_(Millet_Library,_Ali_Em%C3%AEr%C3%AE_Collection,_History,_MS_no._1216).jpg"},"sources":[{"label":"Wikipedia (English): Selim I","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selim_I","license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/"},{"label":"Wikidata item Q494660","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q494660","license":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},{"label":"Image: Selim I. Semailname (Millet Library, Ali Emîrî Collection, History, MS no. 1216).jpg by 16th century artist (Public domain)","url":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Selim_I._Semailname_(Millet_Library,_Ali_Em%C3%AEr%C3%AE_Collection,_History,_MS_no._1216).jpg","license":null}],"license":{"text":"CC BY-SA 4.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/","facts":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},"attribution":"Text from the Wikipedia article Selim I, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page's text is shared under the same licence. Facts from Wikidata (CC0). Image: Selim I. Semailname (Millet Library, Ali Emîrî Collection, History, MS no. 1216).jpg — 16th century artist, Public domain.","cite":"\"Selim I\". DigiNepal. Last updated 4 November 2026. https://diginpl.com/people/selim-i. Retrieved 6 November 2026.","date_modified":"2026-11-04T06:41:58Z","facts_checked":"2026-11-06","alternates":{"html":"https://diginpl.com/people/selim-i","en":"https://diginpl.com/people/selim-i","ne":"https://diginpl.com/people/selim-i?lang=ne"}}