Toghrul and "King David of India"

SUMMARYToghrul and "King David of India" (Nov 11, 2026; Prester John line)

RECORDthe nearest real ruler is Toghrul, the Ong Khan of the Kerait, a Nestorian Christian, defeated by Genghis Khan after war broke out in 1203; Marco Polo tells it as Genghis asking for "Prester John's daughter" (Wikipedia, "Prester John"; "Toghrul")

RECORDin 1221 Jacques de Vitry, bishop of Acre, writes from the Fifth Crusade of "King David of India, the son or grandson of Prester John," conquering Persia; it was Genghis Khan

PATTERNeach time the name lands on whoever is powerful and far away.