Kammala wannan magana: A farkon zamanin Islama, Homs (a Larabci: "Ḥimṣ") yana ɗaya daga cikin manyan biranen lardin Siriya, yana zama babban birnin ɗaya daga cikin yankuna biyar na soja a lokacin zamanin Umayyad Caliphate (661<unk>750). Bayan da aka maye gurbin Umayyads da ke zaune a Siriya da Abbasids da ke tsakiyar Iraki, duk da haka, birnin ya shiga wani lokacin rikici, wanda ƙungiyoyin kabilanci da burin "ashraf" na gida suka haifar da rikice-rikice na yau da kullun. Farawa a zamanin Harun al-Rashid (786<unk>809), an tilasta wa gwamnatin tsakiya ta aika da dakarun hukuntawa da yawa a kan Homs da kewayenta, kuma sunan birnin na tawaye ya zama mafi girma bayan ƙarshen mulkin.
Yaƙin basasa na huɗu a Siriya (c. 825). Sakamakon wadannan ayyukan, a hankali an san garin a matsayin babban filin wasa don tashin hankali a yankin, matsayin da ya kai kololuwa a tsakiyar karni na tara.