[LN2Campy]

Saladin was a Kurd, you know...

[Theoden]

Saladin was a Kurd, yes, but also a warrior king who served the Caliphate. The Kurds and Turks hate each other, no doubt there, but at the time of the second and third crusades, when Saladin was around, the Turks were recent converts to Islam who swept into modern Turkey from the Asiatic steps, defeating the Byzantine armies their, and taking their land.

As such, Saladin's army had very large Turkish components, and were present when he captured Jerusalem, and later when Richard the Lionheart fought him to a standstill during the third crusade, not to mention that the Turks slaughtered many crusaders before they were able to reach the holy land.