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wait
nassreddin was an actual person and a writer? 
i grew up thinking he's a fictional folklore type of character
lol

Reminds me of the legend of Prester John (Presbyter Ioannes)

The Letters of Prester John was a letter that was circulated during The Crusades (I forget? 1165? 12th century I think?) and he was this embellished character who found riches and became a king in Ethiopia or India, or wherever was pretty far away, he was supposedly originally a Christian Monarch, and became this ideal or myth of hey look if we retake Jerusalem in the name of God, you can also get pretty rich too. One of the earliest forms of medieval propaganda and storytelling that worked

Reminds me of the legend of Prester John (Presbyter Ioannes)

The Letters of Prester John was a letter that was circulated during The Crusades (I forget? 1165? 12th century I think?) and he was this embellished character who found riches and became a king in Ethiopia or India, or wherever was pretty far away, he was supposedly originally a Christian Monarch, and became this ideal or myth of hey look if we retake Jerusalem in the name of God, you can also get pretty rich too. One of the earliest forms of medieval propaganda and storytelling that worked

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prester_John

Okay that sounds interesting.
Thank you I’ve never heard of Prester John before.