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The Ottoman Empire which had grown and dominated wide geography ever since its foundation became a cultural centre thanks to its able sultans who ruled the state in every period of its history, and so it produced numerous poets, artists, scholars, statesmen and rulers. The interest of the sultans who ruled the state in science, many branches of fine arts, and poetry, in particular, made the Ottoman Empire different from other great states, and this reveals the greatness of our civilization. Suleiman the Magnificent was a poet with deep knowledge of poetry as well as being a mighty ruler who had taken over the rule since the first quarter of the 16th century. Kanuni who used Muhibbî pseudonym in his poems ranked first among the poets who wrote ghazals the most. As a sultan poet, he dealt with many subjects from battlefields and conversation assemblies to all the peculiarities of his age in his poems. One of the elements that we encounter in Muhibbî’s Divân is music with its various maqams, instruments and concepts. In this study, first of all, concise information about the life and literary personality of Suleiman the Magnificent is presented, and Ney, the reed instrument, which has a privileged place in Ottoman and today’s music is introduced. Then the elements related to music have been scanned in 4118 poems including the Muhibbî Divân published by the Presidency of the Turkish Manuscript Institution, and it is evaluated why Ney, the most pronounced instrument in those poems, was included in Muhibbi's poems.