Rambai muchinyora ndima iyi - Apo vakuru vemadzinza eUmayyad Arab yeSyria, mukuru pakati pavo mutungamiriri weBanu Kalb, akasarudza Marwan ibn al-Hakam se caliph pamusangano weJabiya muna 684, zvakagadziriswa kuti mwanakomana wechidiki waYazid Khalid aizobudirira Marwan, achiteverwa na al-Ashdaq. Wokupedzisira uyu akatungamira bapiro rerudyi rehondo yaMarwan panguva yeMarj Rahit
gare gare gore iroro, umo vaUmayyad vakawana rukundo runoshamisa pamadzinza aZubayrid Qaysi eSyria. Munguva yechiitiko chaMarwan chekutora kutonga kweEjipitori kubva kuna gavhuna wayo weZubayrid muna 685, al-Ashdaq aivapo uye akapa hurukuro achizivisa hutongi hwaMarwan kubva pachigaro chemusikiti muFustat. Pashure pacho, al-Ashdaq akatumwa naMarwan kuti adzivise kupinda muPalestine kwaMus'ab ibn al-Zubayr, uyo akanga achiedza kukunda Umayyad Syria Marwan paakanga asipo. Ipapo akabatana naMarwan ndokugara muguta guru reUmayyad reDhamasiko. Khalifa akaramba achingwarira zvishuwo zvaal-Ashdaq zvekuenda kucaliphate, kunyanya nekuda kwekuzivikanwa kwake pakati pevakuru veSyria veArabia uye hukama hwake hwepedyo naMarwan, uyo aive babamunini vake uye hama yababa zvakare. Marwan akatsunga kudzivisa zvinangwa zvehutungamiri zveal-Ashdaq naKhalid nekuita kuti vanakomana vake Abd al-Malik naAbd al-Aziz, muhurongwa ihwohwo, vazivikanwe nevakuru veSyria sevatevedzeri vake vakasarudzwa.