Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Mukutanga kweIslam nguva, Homs (muchiArabic: "Ḥimṣ") yaive imwe yemaguta makuru edunhu reSyria, iri guta guru reimwe yematunhu ayo mashanu emauto panguva yeUmayyad Caliphate (661<unk>750). Zvisinei, pashure pokunge vaUmayyad vaiva muSiriya vatsiviwa nevaAbbasid vaiva muIraq, guta racho rakapinda munguva ine mhirizhonga, umo kurwisana kwemadzinza uye vavariro dze"ashraf" vomunzvimbo yacho zvakaita kuti pave nokuputika kwemhirizhonga nguva dzose. Kutanga mukutonga kwaHarun al-Rashid (786 <unk> 809), hurumende yepakati yakamanikidzwa kutumira nzendo dzakawanda dzekuranga kuHoms nenzvimbo dzakapoteredza, uye mukurumbira weguta wekupandukira wakawedzera zvakanyanya zvichitevera kupera kweChitatu Hondo yeVanhu
muSiriya (c. 825). Somugumisiro wezvinhu izvi, guta racho zvishoma nezvishoma rakava rinozivikanwa senzvimbo huru yemhirizhonga munharaunda yacho, chinzvimbo chakasvika pakakwirira pakati pezana remakore rechipfumbamwe.