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The Ayyubids

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The full name of Saladin is "Al-Malik al-Nasir Salah al-Din Abu'l Muzzafar Yusuf ibn Ayyub al-Tikriti al-Kurdi", which clearly shows that Najm al-Din Ayyub and Saladin were Kurdish, "al-Kurdi" refers to his Kurdish ethnic origin.— from Summary of Ayyubids, written by Median Library contributor ·
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Portrait of the Kurdish Muslim general and sultan Saladin by Cristofano dell’Altissimo (1566–1568)
Folio I. Portrait of the Kurdish Muslim general and sultan Saladin by Cristofano dell’Altissimo (1566–1568)Ayyubid Gallery · Median Library contributor

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