# Selim — Discourses on Livy character guide

> Selim in Discourses on Livy by Niccolò Machiavelli.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Selim the Grand Turk, the Turk

**First appearance:** 0004-i

## Who they are

Ottoman sultan who conquered Egypt and is cited as a modern tyrant.

## In the story

### [XIX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/discourses_on_livy_se/chapters/xix)

Son of Bajazet, who is likely to outdo the fame of his grandfather Muhammad II.

### [Chapter XXXV: Of the danger incurred in being the first to recommend new measures; and that the more unusual the measures the greater the danger](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/discourses_on_livy_se/chapters/xxxv)

The Grand Turk who executed a bashaw whose advice to attack the Sofi led to heavy losses.

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