sentences:  A legend arose about a figure known as Prester John, who lived in far-off India, Central Asia, or perhaps even Ethiopia.This legend developed a life of its own, and some individuals who came from the East were greeted with expectations that they might be forces sent by the long-awaited Prester John.In 1210, news reached the West of the battles of the Mongol Kuchlug (d. 1218), leader of the largely Christian tribe of the Naimans.