Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Ikon Umayyad ya kusan rushewa a cikin sansanin Siriya bayan mutuwar Mu'awiya II. Al-Dahhak a Damascus, kabilun Qays a Qinnasrin ( arewacin Siriya) da Jazira, da Judham a Falasdinu, da Ansar da Kudancin Larabawa na Homs duk sun zabi su amince da Ibn al-Zubayr. Marwan ibn al-Hakam, shugaban Umayyads da aka kora zuwa Siriya daga Madina, ya shirya ya mika wuya ga Ibn al-Zubayr amma Ibn Ziyad ya shawo kan shi ya gabatar da takararsa don Khalifanci. An fitar da na biyun daga Iraki kuma sun yi ƙoƙari su ci gaba da mulkin Umayyad. A yayin taron kolin kabilun Siriya masu goyon bayan Umayyad, wato Quda'a da abokansu na Kindite, wanda Ibn Bahdal ya shirya a tsohuwar babban birnin Ghassanid na Jabiya, an zabi Marwan a matsayin halifa a musayar gata ta tattalin arziki ga kabilun masu aminci. A yakin da ya biyo baya na Marj Rahit
a watan Agusta 684, Marwan ya jagoranci abokan kawancensa na kabilanci zuwa gagarumar nasara a kan sojojin Qaysite da yawa da al-Dahhak ya jagoranta, wanda aka kashe. Ba da daɗewa ba bayan haka, Kudancin Larabawa na Homs da Judham sun haɗu da Quda'a don kafa ƙungiyar ƙabilan Yaman. Marj Rahit ya haifar da rikici mai tsawo tsakanin Qays da kawancen Yaman. Qays sun sake haɗuwa a cikin kagara ta kogin Euphrates na Circesium a ƙarƙashin Zufar ibn al-Harith al-Kilabi kuma sun motsa don ɗaukar fansa. Kodayake Marwan ya sake samun cikakken iko da Siriya a cikin watannin da suka biyo bayan yaƙin, rikicin kabilanci ya lalata tushen ikon Umayyad: sojojin Siriya.