Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Munguva yokutanga yechiIslam, Homs (muchiArabic: "Ḥimṣ") raiva rimwe remaguta makuru enyika yeSiriya, riri guta guru reimwe yenharaunda dzaro shanu dzechiuto munguva 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 zhinji dzekuranga kuHoms nenzvimbo dzakapoteredza, uye mukurumbira weguta wekumukira wakawedzera zvakanyanya zvichitevera kupera kwe
Hondo yeChina yevagari vemo muSyria (c. 825). Somugumisiro wezvinhu izvi, guta racho zvishoma nezvishoma rakava rinozivikanwa senzvimbo huru yemhirizhonga munharaunda yacho, chinzvimbo chakasvika pakakwirira pakati pezana remakore rechipfumbamwe.