Homs

Homs (classical Emesa), in west-central Syria on the Orontes, was an important city of Bilad al-Sham. It is traditionally the burial place of the companion and general Khalid ibn al-Walid (d. 642), whose mosque and tomb stand there; the poets al-Buhturi (d. 897) and Abu Tammam (d. c. 845) are associated with the region of Syria.