 Nyorai mberi kweiyi ndima - Munguva yekutonga kwehama yake Uthman , Marwan akatora chikamu muhondo yekurwisa maByzantine eExarchate yeAfrica pakati peNorth Africa, kwaakawana hupfumi hwakakura hwehondo. Akashandawo somubati waUthman muFars kumaodzanyemba kwakadziva kumadokero kweIran asati ava katib munyori kana kuti munyori womutongi. Akakuvadzwa achirwisa vapanduki vakanga vakomba imba yaUthman, umo muKhalifa akaurawa. Mukurwisana kwakatevera pakati paAli nevatsigiri veQurayshi veAisha, Marwan akatsigira vekupedzisira muHondo yeKamera. Marwan akazoshanda semutongi weMedina pasi pehama yake iri kure Caliph Muawiya I , muvambi weUmayyad Caliphate. Munguva yekutonga kwemwanakomana waMuawiya uye mutsivi Yazid I , Marwan akaronga dziviriro yeumambo hweUmayyad muHejaz kumadokero kweArabia kurwisa kushorwa kwemuno. Pashure pokunge Yazid afa muna November 683, mupanduki aiva muMecca ainzi Abd Allah ibn al-Zubayr akazviti ndiye aiva mambo uye akadzinga Marwan, uyo akapotera kuSiriya, nzvimbo yaitonga vaUmayyad. Nekufa kwemutongi wekupedzisira weSufyanid Muawiya II muna 684, Marwan, akakurudzirwa neaimbova gavhuna weLower Mesopotamia Ubayd Allah ibn Ziyad, akazvipira kukwikwidza kwake kuCaliphate panguva yemusangano wemadzinza eUmayyad muJabiya. Vakuru vemadzinza, vaitungamirirwa naIbn Bahdal weBanu Kalb, vakasarudza Marwan uye pamwe chete vakakunda madzinza aZubayrid Qays muhondo yeMarj Rahit muna Nyamavhuvhu wegore iroro. 