Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Munguva yeHondo yechipiri yeMuslim, madzinza eQays eJazira akatsigira muvengi weMecca-based of the Umayyads-based Syria, Abd Allah ibn al-Zubayr. Vakanga vasina ukama chaihwo navaUmayyad, avo vaivenga nokuda kwokuzarura Jazira kuti vapinde munyika, uye vangave vaitarisira kuti Ibn al-Zubayr aizodzorera kuzvitonga kwavo. VaQays vakakundwa navaUmayyad navaArabu vemadzinza avo, vakuru pakati pavo vaBanu Kalb, pa
Hondo yeMarj Rahit pedyo neDhamasiko muna 684. Mutungamiri weQays, Zufar ibn al-Harith al-Kilabi, akazounganidza kurwisa kwedzinza kuvaUmayyad kubva kuguta rakasimbiswa reJaziran reQarqisiya (Circesium), riri pedyo nekubatana kwerwizi rweEuphrates neKhabur. Pakati pemakore 686 na689 Zufar nemumwe wake ainzi Qaysi ainzi Umayr ibn al-Hubab al-Sulami vakarwisa maKalb muPalmyrene steppe uye maTaghlib nemamwe maRabi'a ayo muJazira mune dzimwe hondo dzakatevedzana dzainzi "ayyam" ([mazuva ehondo]). VaTaghlib, avo vakanga vachirwisana nevaQays pamusana pekupinda kwavakaita munzvimbo dzavo dzekufudza zvipfuwo nemvura, vaiwanzokundwa muhondo idzi, asi vakauraya Umayr muna 689, ukuwo vaKalb vaidzingwa mumasango ePalmyrene uko vaQays vakava simba guru.