Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Yawancin kabilun Larabawa a tsakiyar da kudancin Siriya sun kasance masu aminci ga Umayyads kuma sun zaɓi Marwan ibn al-Hakam daga Madina don maye gurbin Mu'awiya II. Sanarwar Marwan a matsayin khalifa a Damascus ya nuna wani juyi a kan Ibn al-Zubayr. Masu goyon bayan Marwan, karkashin jagorancin Ubayd Allah ibn Ziyad, sun kayar da kabilun Qaysi masu goyon bayan Zubayrid, karkashin jagorancin al-Dahhak ibn Qays al-Fihri, a
Yaƙin Marj Rahit a watan Yuli 684. 'Yan kabilar Qaysi da suka tsira sun gudu zuwa Jazira (Upper Mesopotamia) a karkashin jagorancin Zufar ibn al-Harith al-Kilabi, wanda ya ci gaba da amincewa da ikon Ibn al-Zubayr. Koyaya, a watan Maris na 685, Ibn al-Zubayr ya rasa lardin Masar mai mahimmancin tattalin arziki zuwa Marwan.