The International Prester John Project: How A Global Legend Was Created Across Six Centuries

Ong Khan


Ong Khan, alternately known as Unc Khan, Tooril Khan, and King John was the Khereid ruler in the late 12th/early 13th centuries. Reportedly a Nestorian Christian-- although according to Bar Hebraeus' Chronicon Syriacum, a lapsed one-- Ong Khan was killed by his blood brother and subordinate, the soon-to-be Genghis Khan, who was acting on rumors that a jealous Ong was planning to kill him.

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