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Encyclopedia Britannica



GUMUS

This article appears in Volume V12, Page 717 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: GUI-HAN
GUMUS , or Gumz, Negroes of the Shangalla group of tribes, dwelling in the mountainous
district
  of Fazogli on the Sudan-Abyssinian frontier. They live in independent groups, some being mountaineers while others are settled on the banks of the Blue Nile. Gumz in the native tongue signifies " people, and the sub-tribes have distinctive names. The Gumus are nature-worshippers, God and the sun being synonymous. On ceremonial occasions they carry parasols of honour (see SHANGALLA).
GUMUSH-KHANEH, the
chief
  town of a sanjak of the same name in the
Trebizond
  vilayet of Asiatic Turkey, situated on high ground, (4400 ft.) in the valley of the Kharshut Su, about
m. to
south
  of the
Trebizond
 -Erzerum chaussee. The silver mines from which the place takes its name were noted in ancient times and are mentioned by Marco Polo. Pop. about 3000, chiefly Greeks, who are in the habit of emigrating to
great
  distances to
work
  in mines. They practically
supply
  the whole lead- and silver-mining labour in Asiatic Turkey, and in consequence the Greek
bishop
  of Gumush-Khaneh has under his
jurisdiction
  all the communities engaged in this particular class of mines.


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