the Little, the Small [79]
Suintila of the Visigoths (c588-635)
King of the Visigoths, 621-631
the Father of the Poor: "Beyond this reputation for military glory, there were in Suintila many virtues of royal majesty: faith, prudence, industry, keen scrutiny in judicial matters, and a vigorous concern for government. He was generous to all in his munificence, and quite prompt in his mercy toward the poor and needy. He was thus not onloy the ruler of the people, but was also worthy to be called the father of the poor." (Wolf, p. 107)
Caesar
the Affectionate (Tur. Muhibbi)
the Always Successful Sultan
the Completor of the Perfect Ten: "Suleyman is commonly designated by European writers the 'great' or the 'magnificent'. But the native historians style him the 'lawgiver' (Kanuni), 'the lord of his century' and 'completor of the perfect ten'."
the Father of the Ottomans
the Great
the Great Lord
the Great Turk: "...He received the epithet Ḳānūnī “the lawgiver” at an unspecified date; this is first mentioned at the beginning of the 18th century in the work of the historian Dimitri Kantemir (see C. Kafadar, in Süleyman the Second and his time, 41), while he was known in the west as Süleymān the Magnificent, the Great Turk, or the Great Lord...." (Singh, p. 787)
the Just: - "In Islamic history, Suleyman is regarded as the perfect Islamic ruler in history. He is asserted as embodying all the necessary characteristics of an Islamic ruler, the most important of which is justice ('adale )...."
the Affectionate (Tur. Muhibbi)
the Always Successful Sultan
the Completor of the Perfect Ten: "Suleyman is commonly designated by European writers the 'great' or the 'magnificent'. But the native historians style him the 'lawgiver' (Kanuni), 'the lord of his century' and 'completor of the perfect ten'."
the Father of the Ottomans
the Great
the Great Lord
the Great Turk: "...He received the epithet Ḳānūnī “the lawgiver” at an unspecified date; this is first mentioned at the beginning of the 18th century in the work of the historian Dimitri Kantemir (see C. Kafadar, in Süleyman the Second and his time, 41), while he was known in the west as Süleymān the Magnificent, the Great Turk, or the Great Lord...." (Singh, p. 787)
the Just: - "In Islamic history, Suleyman is regarded as the perfect Islamic ruler in history. He is asserted as embodying all the necessary characteristics of an Islamic ruler, the most important of which is justice ('adale )...."
the Lawgiver (Tur. Kanuni):
--"A nickname given to Soleyman I, the greatest of the Turkish sultans. He was called CANUNI, under which name he is celebrated in Turkish annals. He is known to Christians as THE CONQUEROR. He established order in his empire, and governed during his long reign with no less authority than wisdom. In his Canun-Name, a book of regulations, he divided his dominions into several districts with great accuracy. He appointed the number of soldiers which each district should furnish, and appropriated certain portions of each district for their maintenance. He regulated everything to discipline, directed how his army should be armed, and the nature of the service of each man. He put the finances of his empire into an orderly train of administration: and, though the taxes in the Turkish dominions, as well as other despotic monarchies in the East, are far from being considerable, he supplied that defect by an attentive and severe economy." (Sobriquets and Nicknames: 184)
--"Because he made written laws and applied them strictly he was called as ‘Kanuni’ (Lawgiver). He was a very gracious ruler, very fair and he never tyrannised his people. For example; he found the tax coming from Egypt so much and he had made a research there and found that the people were overcharged, and discovered the governor was tyrannising them, so he immediately changed the governor."
--" . . . His long reign got off to a good start: he built a tomb, mosque, and school in honor of his father; 1,500 Egyptian and Persian captives were freed; merchants were compensated for goods Selim had confiscated; corrupt officials in high places were removed and often executed. His subjects called him Suleiman the Lawgiver because of these acts." (Kimball)
the Lord of His Century
the Magnificent: Suleyman the Magnificent had reigned for forty six years (1520-1566) and this is the most memorable epoch of the empire, when it reached a pitch of grandeur and prosperity which was never afterwards surpassed, and from which it soon began to decline. "Soliman fully deserved the surname of 'the Magnificent:' he combined every quality of a perfect Ottoman monarch as he should be,---mind, character, purity, and an imposing presence. Under Soliman II the Ottoman Empire reached its most flourishing priod...." (Blochwitz, pp.56-57)
the Master of the Lands of Caesar and Alexander the Great
the Propagator of the Sultanic Laws: "...The Suleymanie Mosque, built for Suleyman, describes Suleyman in its inscription as Nashiru kawanin al-Sultaniyye , or "Propagator of the Sultanic Laws...."
the Second Solomon: "...The Qur'an itself points to King Solomon as embodying the perfect monarch because he so perfectly embodied 'adale ; Suleyman, named after Solomon, is regarded in Islamic history as the second Solomon. The reign of Suleyman in Ottoman and Islamic history is generally regarded as the period of greatest justice and harmony in any Islamic state...."
the Tenth: Muhibbi (his nom de plume meaning Lover or he who loves with affection) and signed his writings thus: “Slave of God, powerful with the power of God, deputy of God on earth, obeying the commands of the Qur’an and enforcing them throughout the world, master of all lands, the shadow of God over all nations, Sultan of Sultans in all the lands of Persians and Arabs, the propagator of Sultanic laws, the tenth Sultan of the Ottoman Khans, Sultan, son of Sultan, Suleiman Khan"
Slave of God, master of the world, I am Suleyman and my name is read in all the prayers in all the cities of Islam. I am the Shah of Baghdad and Iraq, Caesar of all the lands of Rome, and the Sultan of Egypt. I seized the Hungarian crown and gave it to the least of my slaves.
"Suleiman the Magnificent was an Ottoman Sultan who ruled from 1520-1566. He was a brilliant leader and was regarded by both Muslims and Europeans as "The Magnificent". Under his leadership, the Ottoman Empire reached its height of power. The empire that he created stretched over thousands of miles, and he made his empire one of law and order, security and prosperity, and a center of culture. Suleiman was a great conqueror, but also a fair leader, a brilliant lawmaker, a patron of arts and architecture and he made the Ottoman Empire into a world power."
the Lord of His Century
the Magnificent: Suleyman the Magnificent had reigned for forty six years (1520-1566) and this is the most memorable epoch of the empire, when it reached a pitch of grandeur and prosperity which was never afterwards surpassed, and from which it soon began to decline. "Soliman fully deserved the surname of 'the Magnificent:' he combined every quality of a perfect Ottoman monarch as he should be,---mind, character, purity, and an imposing presence. Under Soliman II the Ottoman Empire reached its most flourishing priod...." (Blochwitz, pp.56-57)
the Master of the Lands of Caesar and Alexander the Great
the Propagator of the Sultanic Laws: "...The Suleymanie Mosque, built for Suleyman, describes Suleyman in its inscription as Nashiru kawanin al-Sultaniyye , or "Propagator of the Sultanic Laws...."
the Second Solomon: "...The Qur'an itself points to King Solomon as embodying the perfect monarch because he so perfectly embodied 'adale ; Suleyman, named after Solomon, is regarded in Islamic history as the second Solomon. The reign of Suleyman in Ottoman and Islamic history is generally regarded as the period of greatest justice and harmony in any Islamic state...."
the Tenth: Muhibbi (his nom de plume meaning Lover or he who loves with affection) and signed his writings thus: “Slave of God, powerful with the power of God, deputy of God on earth, obeying the commands of the Qur’an and enforcing them throughout the world, master of all lands, the shadow of God over all nations, Sultan of Sultans in all the lands of Persians and Arabs, the propagator of Sultanic laws, the tenth Sultan of the Ottoman Khans, Sultan, son of Sultan, Suleiman Khan"
Slave of God, master of the world, I am Suleyman and my name is read in all the prayers in all the cities of Islam. I am the Shah of Baghdad and Iraq, Caesar of all the lands of Rome, and the Sultan of Egypt. I seized the Hungarian crown and gave it to the least of my slaves.
"Suleiman the Magnificent was an Ottoman Sultan who ruled from 1520-1566. He was a brilliant leader and was regarded by both Muslims and Europeans as "The Magnificent". Under his leadership, the Ottoman Empire reached its height of power. The empire that he created stretched over thousands of miles, and he made his empire one of law and order, security and prosperity, and a center of culture. Suleiman was a great conqueror, but also a fair leader, a brilliant lawmaker, a patron of arts and architecture and he made the Ottoman Empire into a world power."
Suleiman, Ottoman Prince (d.1410)
the Noble
Sverker I of Sweden (d.1156)
King of Sweden, c1130-1156
the Clubfoot
the Old, the Elder
"Sverker, who had married the widow of the younger Inge, was in 1133 chosen king by the East Goths, and the Up-Swedes (in the provinces north of Lake Meelar), having no special choice of their own, also agreed on him. After the death of Magnus Nilsson, the West Goths joined by formally acknowledging King Sverker, who, born in East Gothland, has been supposed to be the son of Eric Arssell, without solid reasons....
"Sverker was a good and peaceful monarch, but seems with old age to have lost some of his authority....
"King Sverker, now called "the Old," was murdered by his valet while starting for the Christmas matins in 1155 or 1156...." (Nilsson, pp. 71-72)
the Younger
Eyjarskeggjar
the Priest
Svyatopolk I of Kiev (980-1019)
Grand Prince of Kiev, 1093-1113; Prince of Turov, 1088-1093; Prince of Novgorod, 1078-1088; Prince of Polotsk, 1069-1071
Svyatopolk Vladimirovich
the Accursed (Rus. Okayannyi)
Svyatopolk earned his sobriquet for murdering his half-brothers, Boris and Gleb, who were later canonized as Christian martyrs. He seized their lands and allied with the Poles and Pechenegs to seize the throne of Kiev from Yaroslav the Wise.[85]. See also
Svatopluk I of Moravia (830-894)
King of Great Moravia, 871-894; Prince of Nitra, 8502-871
the Great
"...Meanwhile, under a new ruler, Svätopluk, Great Moravia continued to struggle with Franks to expand its territory. By 882, the empire was at its largest, extending as far north and west as present-day Poland, incorporating much of the modern Czech Republic, and reaching as far south as the border of Bulgaria."
Svyatoslav I of Kiev (942-972)
Svyatoslav Igor'yevich
the Warlike
. "...During his reign the territory of Kyivan Rus’ was greatly expanded. In his campaigns to the east (964–6) he defeated the Khazars near Itil and captured the White Tower fortress in Sarkil. He later conquered the Volga Bulgars and forced the Yasians and the Kasogians in northern Caucasia to pay tribute, thereby opening the way for Rus’ merchants to the Caspian Sea coast. In 966 he subjugated the Viatichians and exacted tribute. The Emperor of Byzantium, Nicephorus II Phocas (through the offices of the patrician Kalokir of Chersonese Taurica), convinced Sviatoslav to attack the Balkan Bulgars; he did so in 967 (some historians say 968). He captured many cities (80, according to the chronicles), including Dorostol and Pereiaslavets on the Danube River, an important trading center, where he planned to transfer his capital."
1096–1129
the Younger
the Elder
the Great
also known as Svend Tveskaed (Forkbeard). "[T]his prince...bears the surname of Haraldson from his father, of Tveskaeg from his forked beard, and Otto from the German emperor who had caused him to be baptized when in Denmark...."
(Crichton & Wheaton, p. 121)
Pire de Rois
Sweyn Estridsen
Sweyn Estrith's Son
Sweyn Grathe
the Ultimate Viking [[86]
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