Selim Or Salim
turkey
SELIM or SALIM, the title borne by three emperors of the Ottoman Turks. For SELIM I., emperor from 1512 to 1590, see PERSIA, V01. xviii. pp. 635-636, and TURKEY. SELIM II., grandson of the preceding, was sultan from 1566 to 1574. See TURKEY. SELIM III., son of Sultan Mus-tapha III., succeeded his father in 1789 and was deposed in 1807. See TURKEY.

User Comments