 Ramba uchiverenga ndima iyi - Kuedza kwaAbd al-Malik kutonga mhuri muIraq kwakanga kwave kukundikana, uye akaisa al-Hajjaj pachinzvimbo muna 694. Kufa neBasra zvakabatanidzwa kuva dunhu rimwe pasi pa al-Hajjaj, uyo, kubva pakutanga kwekutonga kwake, akaratidza kuzvipira kwakasimba kutonga Iraq zvinobudirira. Kurwisa vaAzariqa, al-Hajjaj akatsigira al-Muhallab ibn Abi Sufra al-Azdi, Zubayrid holdover ane ruzivo rurefu mukurwisa vapanduki veKharijite. Pakupedzisira Al-Muhallab akakunda vaAzariqa muna 697. Panguva imwecheteyo, kupandukira kweKharijite kwaitungamirirwa naShabib ibn Yazid al-Shaybani kwakaputika mumoyo weIraq, zvichikonzera kuti vapanduki vatore al-Madain nekukomba Kufa. Al-Hajjaj akapindura kusada kana kusakwanisa kwevaIraq vaneta nehondo kutarisana neKharijites nekuwana kubva kuna Abd al-Malik kusimbiswa kweSyria inotungamirwa naSufyan ibn al-Abrad al-Kalbi. Vane simba rakadzikama zvikuru, vaSiria vakadzorera kurwisa kwevapanduki paKufa ndokuuraya Shabib mukuvamba kwa697. Pakazosvika 698, kumukira kwevaKharijite kwakanga kwaparadzwa. Abd al-Malik akabatanidza Sistan neKhurasan kuIraq, nokudaro achiita kuti al-Hajjaj ave mutariri wedunhu guru rinosanganisira hafu yekumabvazuva kweCaliphate. Al-Hajjaj akaita al-Muhallab mutevedzeri gavhuna weKhurasan, chinzvimbo chaakabata kusvika parufu rwake muna 702, mushure mezvo chakapihwa kumwanakomana wake Yazid. Mukati mokutonga kwake, al-Muhallab akatangazve kukunda kwevaMuslim muCentral Asia, kunyange hazvo hondo iyi yakawana nzvimbo shoma panguva yekutonga kwaAbd al-Malik. 