Original sentence: After most of the Arab fleet was destroyed and the Mardaites gained victory in Asia Minor, Muawiyah was compelled to conclude a peace treaty with Byzantium and to pay a yearly tribute to the Emperor
Edited sentence: The Chinese histories then explain that the Arabs forced the Byzantines to pay tribute afterwards as part of a peace settlement.They record that the large capital city of Fu lin (拂菻; i.This siege is even mentioned in the Chinese dynastic histories of the Old Book of Tang and New Book of Tang.Umayyad Arabs) and their commander "Mo-yi" (Chinese: 摩拽, Pinyin: Móyè), who Friedrich Hirth has identified as Muawiyah I.the Byzantine Empire) was besieged by the Da shi (大食, i