Selim Name

Turkish epic poem on the heroic deeds of Sultan Selim ibn Bayazid (reigned 1512-1521), who overcame the Persians and con­quered Egypt. It was composed shortly after his death, by one of his retainers, the Kurdish Emir Shukri Bey Bitlisi, on commission from Selim's son Suleiman, whom the Europeans call the Magnificent.