Turkey names latest airport after Salahuddin al Ayyubi RA

[Serpentine]

You mean the historical Saladin? He didn't speak Kurdish. Some say he might have some Kurdish ancestry but most likely he was Arab/Turk culturally and in identity.

When it comes to you, even Allah himself is probably a Turk.

 

[Timur]

When it comes to you, even Allah himself is probably a Turk.

as said nuraddin and selahaddin are related by mother to each other.. and those days only to be a muslim was important..

 

[T-123456]

Actually that is very shameful that turks don't know who is ( Nur ad-Din Al-Zengi or Baybars or Qutuz)
but actually so many arabs know them very well

There is a series called عظماء الإسلام it is about great leaders of islam and half leaders that the episode is mentioned are turks

(youtube) /playlist?list=PL2A70E53CEF8F648E


Sorry for really BAD English

Why is it shameful,because he was an important Muslim leader?

 

[T-123456]

He wasn't just a Muslim leader he was great TURKISH leader

Whatever(race,nationality) he was,he was a great military leader but you cant expect for every Turk or Muslim to know him.

 

[Hakan]

The name is smart, it drives a wedge between the more religious-pro Turkey kurds and the pkk ones.

 

[xenon54 out]

When it comes to you, even Allah himself is probably a Turk.

Is there any other ethnicity?

 

[Timur]

Why is it shameful,because he was an important Muslim leader?

Yes also a Turkish leader it makes it double shameful for some Türkiyeli ppl but some have problems with turk or the muslim part so they don't care

 

[T-123456]

Yes also a Turkish leader it makes it double shameful for some Türkiyeli ppl but some have problems with turk or the muslim part so they don't care

No that is bs,if mentioned in history books at school and they dont know it,you would be right but why blame them when there is no other way to know it other then from searching for it in history books,a movie or internet ?
Why people always bring in the ''Muslim'' part,you think everything is about religion?
Im a Muslim,does that mean i have to know everything about every famous Muslim in history and present,dont you think thats a bit odd?

Is there any other ethnicity?

Yes,some hidden Martians.

 

[Serpentine]

Is there any other ethnicity?

Some Azeris in Iran have a saying: Half of the earth is water and the rest are Turks, lol.

 

[Shapur Zol Aktaf]

You mean the historical Saladin? He didn't speak Kurdish. Some say he might have some Kurdish ancestry but most likely he was Arab/Turk culturally and in identity.

Most likely he was a kurd and spoke kurdish also.

The Ayyubids ruled a predominantly Arabic-speaking region, and many of their princes became very proficient in Arabic letters and in the religious sciences. However, we see many signs of a continuing connection with their homeland and with Iranian culture generally. Thus, it is clear that al-Malek al-ʿĀdel and his son al-Malek al-Moʿaẓẓam ʿĪsā (d. 624/1227) still spoke Kurdish or even New Persian. And al-Moʿaẓẓam’s particular interest in Iran is seen in his patronage of two works (in Arabic) by Fatḥ b. ʿAlī Bondārī: one, a translation of the Šāh-nāma (shahnameh/book of kings) (ed. ʿA. Aʿẓam, Cairo, 1350/1931); the second, the standard abridgment of ʿEmād-al-dīn Kāteb Eṣfahānī’s history of the Saljuqs (ed. M. Th. Houtsma, Recueil de textes relatifs à l’histoire des Seldjoucides, Leiden, 1886-1902, II). Still, there is no evidence of any widespread translation movement among the Ayyubids, or of any general devotion to the Persian classics.

It is true, however, that the personal influence of Iranian scholars was very much felt in the religious sciences. Dominique Sourdel has shown that almost one-third of the madrasa professors in Aleppo between about A.D. 1150 and 1250 were of Kurdish or Iranian origin.

That is not true. He was also probably not Kurdish since there is only 1 source and that is questionable:

"The medieval historian Ibn Athir, who is a Kurd and therefore his credibility is questionable, relates a passage from another commander: "
By the way his brother was called Turan-Shah, would a Kurd be called Turan-shah? LOL. Good try though.

Turan-shah is actually an Iranian name. Also name argument is very weak. Persian and Arabic names were used a lot because of cultural and religious reasons.

 

[telkon]

When it comes to you, even Allah himself is probably a Turk.

ccc Allah Reyiz, Türk'tür ccc

 

[Metanoia]

(Joining in) He was fluent in Urdu as well...he was actually originally (and secretly) a Pakistani.

 

[atatwolf]

Turan-shah is actually an Iranian name. Also name argument is very weak. Persian and Arabic names were used a lot because of cultural and religious reasons.

Pfff, ok, haha. Turan is shared history between Turks and Persians but the legacy belongs to Turkic people only. I still have to find a Persian or Kurd who is called Turan-Shah. Only Kurds who use Turan are Turkified Kurds which Saladin probably was. He was probably partly Kurdish but from his brother's names and family names we can say he was from Turkic identity. In that time there was no nationalism though but most empires were Turkic in origin. After this war Persians haven't ruled themselves since the Mullah:
Third Perso-Turkic War - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[Timur]

mentioned in history books at school

so we could ask why it is not in history books.. maybe I am right.. maybe it will come in future..

 

[Shapur Zol Aktaf]

Pfff, ok, haha. Turan is shared history between Turks and Persians but the legacy belongs to Turkic people only. I still have to find a Persian or Kurd who is called Turan-Shah. Only Kurds who use Turan are Turkified Kurds which Saladin probably was. He was probably partly Kurdish but from his brother's names and family names we can say he was from Turkic identity. In that time there was no nationalism though but most empires were Turkic in origin. After this war Persians haven't ruled themselves since the Mullah:
Third Perso-Turkic War - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

No Turanians were originally an Iranian people who were enemies of zoroastrianism. The association with turks who invaded central asia was made thousands years later. So it's not shared history, only the name is later associated with turks.

Well as usual you "turks" are somehow misinformed about the culture and history of the region. In Iran the name Turaj/touraj (ancestor of Turanians) and Iraj (ancestors of Iranians) are used a lot.
Freydun - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Dont spread turk propaganda my Ghilman.
Many Iranic dynasties after islam: buyids, safavids, samanids, saffarids, ghurids, qarmatians, zand and more.

What we call "Turk" in Turkey today, they will become a minority in 2032 according to officials turkish statistics.