Kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Yakanga isiri kusvika nguva yekutanga yeAbbasid iyo Tarsus, panguva iyoyo yaive matongo, yakambotorwazve uye yakasimbiswazve, panguva ino senzvimbo yepamusoro yekusimbisa mukati menzvimbo yakasimbiswa ye "al-ʿAwāṣim", inotambanuka kubva kuTarsus kuchamhembe kwakadziva kumabvazuva kuenda kuMalatya, uye senzvimbo yekuunganidza yekuenda kunorwa neByzantine Humambo. Kuedza kwekutanga kwakaitwa na al-Hasan ibn Qahtaba al-Ta'i muna 778/9, asi zvakaratidzika kuti hazvina kubudirira, uye guta harina kuzodzorerwa zvizere kusvika 787/8, na Abu Sulaym Faraj pakuraira kwaCaliph Harun al-Rashid (r. Vanhu 3.000 vokuKhurasani nevaSiriya 2.000 (chiuru chimwe nechimwe kubva kuAndiyoki neal-Massisa) vakapiwa dzimba nenzvimbo muguta idzva rakanga rakavakirirwa. Tarso sezviri pachena yakadzorerwa navaByzantine nokukurumidza pashure pacho, pane imwe nguva pakuchinja kwezana ramakore. Guta racho ringangodaro rakaramba riri mumaoko evaByzantine munguva yehondo yevagari vemo yeAbbasid yeFitna yechina
, asi vakadzokera mukutonga kwevaMuslim na830, apo Caliph al-Ma'mun () akatangazve mishandirapamwe yekurwisa Byzantium, achishandisa guta sehwaro.