Dee ihe na-aga n'ihu maka paragraf a - Ọtụtụ n'ime agbụrụ ndị Arab na etiti na ndịda Syria nọgidere na-eguzosi ike n'ihe nye Umayyads ma họrọ Marwan ibn al-Hakam na-abụghị Sufyanid si Medina iji nọchie Mu'awiya nke Abụọ. Nkwupụta nke Marwan dị ka caliph na Damaskọs gosipụtara mgbanwe megide Ibn al-Zubayr. Ndị otu Marwan, nke Ubayd Allah ibn Ziyad duziri, meriri ndị agbụrụ Qaysi nke Zubayrid, nke al-Dahhak ibn Qays al-Fihri duziri, na Agha nke Marj Rahit
n'ọnwa Julaị afọ 684. Ndị agbụrụ Qaysi fọdụrụ ndụ gbagara Jazira (Upper Mesopotamia) n'okpuru nduzi nke Zufar ibn al-Harith al-Kilabi, onye nọgidere na-amata nnabata nke Ibn al-Zubayr. Otú ọ dị, na Machị 685, Ibn al-Zubayr tụfuru ógbè Ijipt dị mkpa n'ụzọ akụ na ụba na Marwan.