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Saladin  

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  • Kurdish sultan Leaders derive their support from traditional, charismatic, or national authority. Saladin (the name is a European version of Salah ad-Din Yusuf ibn Ayyub, which means “Righteous of the Faith, Joseph, son of Job”) derived his authority from all three sources. [Source: Encyclopedia of Leadership; Saladin (1137–1193)]

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