Samuwar gadon Suleiman ya fara tun kafin rasuwarsa.A tsawon mulkinsa an ba da aikin adabi na yabon Suleiman da kuma gina siffarsa a matsayin shugaba mai nagarta, wanda Celalzade Mustafa, shugaban daular daga 1534 zuwa 1557 ya yi.Yakin Suleiman ya kawo ƙarƙashin ikon daular manyan biranen musulmi (kamar Bagadaza), yawancin lardunan Balkan (wanda suka kai Croatia da Hungary a yau), da galibin Arewacin Afirka.Fadada da ya yi zuwa Turai ya baiwa Turkawa Ottoman karfin iko a ma'aunin karfin Turawa.Lallai irin wannan ita ce barazanar daular Usmaniyya a karkashin mulkin Suleiman, wanda jakadan kasar Ostiriya Busbecq ya yi gargadi game da mamaye Turai da ke gabatowa: “A bangaren Turkawa akwai albarkatun daula mai girma, karfin da ba shi da rauni, al’adar cin nasara, juriyar wahala, juriya da wahala. , hadin kai, da'a, tawakkali da kuma lura ... Shin za mu iya shakkar abin da sakamakon zai kasance? ... Lokacin da Turkawa suka zauna tare da Farisa , za su tashi a makogwaro da karfin gabas gaba daya, yaya ba mu shirya ba. Ba zan iya cewa ba."Gadon Suleiman, ba wai a fagen soja ba ne kawai.Matafiyi dan kasar Faransa Jean de Thévenot ya ba da shaida a karni guda baya ga "karfin tushen noma na kasar, jin dadin manoma, yawan abinci mai gina jiki da kuma fifikon kungiya a gwamnatin Suleiman".Ta hanyar rarraba ikon kotuna, Suleiman ya kuma jagoranci bikin Zinare a cikin fasahar Ottoman, yana shaida gagarumar nasara a fagen gine-gine, adabi, fasaha, tiyoloji da falsafa.A yau sararin samaniyar Bosphorus da na garuruwa da dama na Turkiyya ta zamani da tsoffin lardunan Ottoman, har yanzu ana kawata da ayyukan gine-ginen Mimar Sinan.Daya daga cikin wadannan, Masallacin Suleymaniye, shi ne wurin hutawa na karshe na Suleiman: an binne shi a wani katon kabari da ke daura da masallacin.