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 people of Ḥimṣ, who had broken off from their allegiance, and they carried away some of his baggage, property and armories.

. The city of Ḥimṣ had stones for pavement. In the days of Aḥmad ibn-Muḥammad ibn-abi-Isḥâḳ al-Muʿtaṣim-Billâh, the people rose against his ʿâmil over them, al-Faḍl ibn-Ḳârin aṭ-Ṭabari, a brother of Mayazdiyâr ibn-Ḳârin, and in accordance with his orders the pavement was removed. They rebelled again, repaved the city and fought against al-Faḍl ibn-Ḳârin until they worsted him. After robbing him of his money and wives, they put him to death and crucified him. Al-Muʿtaṣim directed against them Mûsa ibn-Bugha-l-Kabîr [the Elder] his freedman, and the inhabitants including a large number of Christians and Jews, fought against him. After a fearful slaughter, Mûsa put the survivors to flight, pursued them to the city and entered it by force. This took place in the year 250.

Ḥimṣ is the seat of a large granary that receives wheat and oil from the cities of the coast and other places that were given out as fiefs for their holders and recorded for them as such in special record books.