Archon [Urkûn] demanded to make terms of capitulation, which was considered unavoidable by the people. Muʿâwiyah made terms with them on 7,200 dînârs to be paid annually by them. Similar terms had been made with them by the Greeks. Thus the people of Cyprus pay two tributes. It was made a condition that the Moslems would not prevent them from paying the tribute to the Greeks; on the other hand the Moslems made it a condition that they would not fight[1] those who may come after them to subjugate the Cyprians, and that the Cyprians would keep the Moslems informed regarding the movement of their enemy—the Greeks. Thus when the Moslems used to undertake an expedition by sea, they did not molest the Cyprians. They were not supported by the Cyprians; nor did the Cyprians support any one against them.
The second invasion by Muʿâwiyah. In the year 32, however, the Cyprians offered ships as an aid to the Greeks in an expedition in the sea. Consequently, Muʿâwiyah invaded them in the year 33 with 500 ships. He took Cyprus by force, slaughtering and taking prisoners. He then confirmed them in the terms that were previously made, and sent to the island 12,000 men of those whose names were recorded in the register [Ar. dîwân][2] and erected mosques in it. Moreover, Muʿâwiyah transplanted from Baʿlabakk a group of men, and erected a city on the island, whose inhabitants were assigned special stipends until the death of Muʿâwiyah. His son Yazîd, who succeeded him, sent the troops back and ordered the city destroyed.
According to other reports, the second invasion of Cyprus by Muʿâwiyah was carried out in the year 35.
Why Yazîd withdrew the troops. Muḥammad ibn-Muṣaffa-l-Ḥimṣi from al-Walîd:—Yazîd ibn-Muʿâwiyah
