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Hondo yeChisilamu yekutanga pakati paMu'awiya naCaliph Ali (), Sufyan akatungamira kurwisa nzvimbo dzaAli muIraq muna 659/660 kana zhizha ra660. Sufyan akatanga asvika kuHit neSandawda, zvose zviri kumadokero kwerwizi rwaYufratesi, uye paakazviwana dzasiyiwa nemauto avo nevagari, avo vakatiza pavakaziva nezvekurwiswa kwaSufyan, akaenderera mberi akananga kuAnbar, kumabvazuva kwerwizi. Mukati mokurwiswa, mutungamiriri wevarwi veAnbar, Ashras ibn Hassan al-Bakri, uye varwi vake makumi matatu vakaurayiwa. Mushure mekupamba guta, Sufyan akadzokera kuSyria pasina kuenderera ku al-Mada'in sezvakarairwa naMu'awiya, uyo zvakadaro akamurumbidza nekugona uye kubudirira kwechiitiko ichi. Akapikira kugadza Sufyan muhofisi ipi neipi yaaida. Kurwisa kwacho kwakabatsira kuti vanhu vakawanda vokuIraq vatizire kuSyria munguva yehondo.