 Rambai muchinyora ndima ino - VaAssaf vaiva vazukuru vemadzinza eTurkmen vakagara munzvimbo yeKeserwan yepakati peGomo reRebhanoni, kuchamhembe kweBeirut pasi pevatongi vekutanga veMamluk. Maererano nomunyori wenhoroondo womunzvimbomo Tannus al-Shidyaq d. 1861, maTurkmen akagara imomo nagavhuna weMamluk weDhamasiko, Aqqush al-Afram, zvichitevera kuedza kwake kurwisa maAlawite anopandukira, gumi nemaviri maShia maMuslim, maDruze nemaMaronites eKeserwan nenzvimbo yakavakidzana yeJurd kumaodzanyemba muna 1305. Vapanduki vakadzvinyirirwa zvakasimba muna Ndira 1306, nyika dzavo dzakatamisirwa se iqtas kuMamluk emirs muDhamasiko uye gare gare gore iroro maTurkmen akagara imomo. Vakagadzwa mumisha yeAyn Shiqaq, Ayn Tura, Zuq Masba, Zuq Mikhayil, Zuq al-Amiriyya uye Zuq al-Kharab, mushure mekunge vagara munharaunda yeKura pedyo neTripoli. VaAssaf kana kuti vaTurkmen vose zvavo vakapiwa basa nevaMamluk rekuti varambe vaine boka revarwi vemabhiza 300 kuti vaende kunorinda nzvimbo iri pakati peBeirut neByblos uye kuti vachengetedze kupinda muKeserwan kubva kuBeirut. Vanenge chikamu chavo vakaendeswa kuBeirut nemurume akasimba weMamluk Sultanate, Yalbugha al-Umari, kuti asimbise mauto eDhamasiko aive akaiswa ipapo kudzivirira guta kubva pakurwiswa kweCrusader mushure mekurwiswa kweCypriot kuAlexandria.. Pasi pehutongi hwaAssaf kana hutongi hweTurkmen, maTwelver Shia akaramba ari ruzhinji muKeserwan nekuda kwekuenderera mberi kwekuenda kune dzimwe nyika kubva kuBeqaa Valley, asi vakamanikidzwa kubva munzvimbo dzemahombekombe edunhu uye huwandu hwavo hwakadzikira. Mukuwedzera, vanhu veAlawite munharaunda iyi vakanyangarika zvikuru pasi pehutongi hwaAssaf. 