Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Labarin Prester John a matsayin irin wannan ya fara ne a farkon ƙarni na 12 tare da rahotannin ziyarar wani babban bishop na Indiya zuwa Constantinople, da kuma na wani Basaraken Indiya zuwa Rome a lokacin Paparoma Callixtus II. Wadannan ziyara, da alama daga Kiristocin Saint Thomas na Indiya, ba za a iya tabbatar da su ba, hujja ce cewa duka biyu rahotanni ne na hannu biyu. Abin da muka sani shi ne cewa ɗan tarihin Jamus Otto na Freising ya ba da rahoto a cikin littafinsa na "Chronicon" na shekara ta 1145 cewa a shekarar da ta shige ya sadu da Hugh, bishop na Jabala a Siriya, a fadar Paparoma Eugene III a Viterbo. Hugh ya kasance jakadan Yarima Raymond na Antakiya, wanda aka aiko don neman taimakon Yammacin Turai a kan Saracens bayan Siege na Edessa
Shawararsa ta sa Eugene ya yi kira ga Crusade na Biyu. Hugh ya gaya wa Otto, a gaban fafaroma, cewa Prester John, Kirista ɗan Nestorian wanda ya yi hidima a matsayin firist da kuma sarki, ya sake samun birnin Ecbatana daga hannun 'yan'uwan sarakuna na Mediya da Farisa, Samariyawa, a cikin babban yaƙi "ba shekaru da yawa da suka wuce ba". Bayan haka Prester John ya yi zargin cewa ya tashi zuwa Urushalima don ceton Land mai tsarki, amma ruwan Tigris ya tilasta masa ya koma ƙasarsa. An nuna arzikinsa mai ban mamaki ta wurin sandansa na Emerald; tsarkakarsa ta zuriyarsa daga Magi Uku.