Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A cikin 678, Mu'awiya ya nada Nu'man gwamnan Kufa. A shekara ta 680, Mu'awiya ya mutu kuma dansa Yazid I ya gaje shi, wanda daga baya ya maye gurbin Nu'man da Ubayd Allah ibn Ziyad a shekara ta 680, a wani bangare sakamakon laxman Nu'man ya ba da amsa ga ayyukan anti-Umayyad na Muslim ibn Aqil, wanda ke tara goyon baya a cikin birni don Husayn ibn Ali. A cikin 682, Yazid ya aika da Nu'man zuwa Madina don sasanta Ansar zuwa ga halifancinsa, amma bai sami damar samun goyon bayansu ba. Bayan mutuwar Yazid, Nu'man ya amince da Khalifa Abd Allah ibn al-Zubayr, wanda ke zaune a Makka, wanda ya nada Nu'man zuwa tsohon mukaminsa na lardi a Homs. Wannan ya daidaita shi da kabilun Qaysi wadanda suka mamaye arewacin Siriya da gwamnonin Damascus da Falasdinu, al-Dahhak ibn Qays al-Fihri da Natil ibn Qays al-Judhami. Bangarorin biyu sun hadu a yakin Marj Rahit
a cikin 684, lokacin da Nu'man ya aika da Shurahbil ibn Dhi'l-Kala da na baya-bayan nan 'yan kabilar Himyari daga sansanin Homs don shiga al-Dahhak. Bayan samun rahotanni cewa kabilun Qaysi da al-Dahhak ke jagoranta sun yi nasara da Banu Kalb na Umayyad, Nu'man ya tsere daga Homs tare da matarsa, Na'ila bint Umara, wacce a baya ta auri Mu'awiya, da yaransa, amma membobin garkuwar Homs sun bi shi suka kashe shi. Matarsa da yaransa sun tsira kuma sun shiga karkashin kariyar Banu Kalb, kabilar matarsa.