 Kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Suleiman I mutemo wekuwedzera mudziva rose reMediterranean zvisinei wakamiswa muMalta muna 1565. Mukati mokukombwa kwenguva refu kwezhizha uko kwakazozivikanwa seKukombwa kweMalta, mauto eOttoman ayo akanga ane vanhu vanenge 50 000 akarwa neVaKnight veSt. John nevarwi veMalta vaiva nevarume 6 000. Kuramba kwakasimba kwakaitwa navaMalta kwakatungamirira kukubviswa kwokukakavadzana muna September. Kurwiswa kusina kubudirira vaTurkey vakakwanisa kutora chitsuwa cheGozo pamwe chete neFort Saint Elmo pachitsuwa chikuru cheMalta, asi vakakundikana kune imwe nzvimbo uye vakadzokera shure ndiko kukundwa kwechipiri uye kwekupedzisira kwakaitwa naSuleiman the Magnificent mushure mekurwiswa kwekutanga kweOttoman kweVienna muna 1529. Suleiman I akafa netsaona mutende rake panguva yavakakomba Szigetvármuna 1566. Hondo yeLepanto muna 1571 iyo yakakonzerwa nekubatwa kweOttoman kweVenetian-inodzorwa neCyprus muna 1570 yaive imwe mhirizhonga huru yehutongi hweOttoman muGungwa reMediterranean, kunyangwe hazvo ngarava huru yeOttoman yakavakwa munguva pfupi uye Tunisia yakadzorerwa kubva kuSpain muna 1574. 