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This country used to be called Organum , and the people Organa, as I was told, because the people were excellent performers on the organ or lute; and they had a distinct language and peculiar manner of writing. It was now entirely inhabited by the Contomanni, whose language and writing are used by the Nestorians of these parts. I here first saw idolaters, of whom there are many sects in the east.
The Contomanni or Kontomanians, were probably a Mongal tribe, originally inhabiting the banks of the Konta or Khonda, who had afterwards settled on the banks of the river Ili and lake of Balkash. Forst. How the Nestorians and Mahometans are mixed with Idolaters.
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