A Study Of The Reform Of Suleiman Ⅰ(1520-1566)

Suleiman the Magnificent was one of the most famous rulers of the Ottoman Empire.During his reign of over forty years,the empire’s political life,economic construction,culture and art have all made great progress and progress;Through frequent foreign wars,the empire’s territory was further expanded outward,continuously deepening and consolidating the border defense of the Islamic world.It was during this period that the Ottoman Empire really became a powerful empire spanning Europe,Asia and Africa.Suleiman the Magnificent was praised as the "legislator" and Suleiman the Great.This article focuses on the construction and adjustment of the internal political governance mechanism during the Suleiman the Magnificent period,and reveals how to make the country gradually develop and grow through reform,so as to reach the peak of the empire.By conducting research on this topic,we hope to make some minor enrichment and supplementation to the study of Middle Eastern history.This article is divided into three chapters in addition to the introduction and conclusion.The first chapter mainly discusses the general situation of the Ottoman Empire before Suleiman the Magnificent succeeded to the Sudan.This paper combs the historical background of Suleiman the Magnificent’s reform from a macro perspective,and analyzes the external environment of the Ottoman Empire,the internal social environment of the Empire,and Suleiman and his people.The second chapter mainly analyzes the main content of Suleiman the Magnificent’s reform.This chapter is divided into five parts.The first part introduces the legal system construction in the Suleiman period,including legal categories,functional relations,legislative conditions and characteristics,legal interests,etc.,and reveals the true title of Suleiman the Magnificent as a "legislator";The second part analyzes the reform of administrative management institutions at all levels during the Suleiman period,explaining its important significance for the political governance of the empire;The third part mainly analyzes the financial problems in the Suleiman period,focusing on the two aspects of fiscal revenue and land management,and reveals the economic basis of Suleiman the Magnificent’s rule;The fourth part discusses the military reform,military system,military system and weapons progress in the Suleiman period,and reveals the force basis of Suleiman the Magnificent’s external expansion;The fifth part analyzes the domestic religious culture and ethnic policies,describes the framework of religious management and spiritual civilization,and explains the institutional basis for defending the unity of the empire.The third chapter mainly summarizes the reform of Suleiman the Magnificent.This chapter is divided into two parts.One is to further analyze the reasons for the success of Suleiman the Magnificent’s reform from a macro perspective;The second is to comment on the impact of reform from both positive and negative aspects,both praising the "golden age" and exploring the hidden crises under the prosperous era.