<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - Igunya lama-Umayyad lacishe lawa enqabeni yabo yaseSiriya ngemva kokufa kukaMuawiya II. U-Al-Dahhak eDamaseku, izizwe zamaQays eQinnasrin enyakatho yeSyria naseJazira, amaJudham ePalestine, kanye nama-Ansar kanye nama-Arabhu aseNingizimu eHoms bonke bakhetha ukuqaphela u-Ibn al-Zubayr. UMarwan ibn al-Hakam, umholi wama-Umayyad axoshwa eMedina aya eSyria, wayezimisele ukuzithoba ku-Ibn al-Zubayr kodwa wacindezelwa u-Ibn Ziyad ukuba adlulisele ukhetho lwakhe lobukhalifa. Laba bokugcina babexoshiwe e - Iraq futhi balwela ukulondoloza ukubusa kwama - Umayyad. Phakathi nengqungquthela yezizwe zaseSyria ezazisekela ama-Umayyad, okungukuthi amaQudaa kanye nabangane babo abangamaKindite, ehlelwe ngu-Ibn Bahdal enhlokodolobha endala yaseGhassanid yaseJabiya, uMarwan wakhethwa njengenkosi esikhundleni sokuthola amalungelo ezomnotho ezizweni ezithembekile. Empini eyalandela yaseMarj Rahit  <response>: ngo-August 684, uMarwan wahola amabutho akhe esizwe ekunqobeni okunqumayo ibutho elikhulu kakhulu lamaQaysite elaliholwa u-al-Dahhak, owabulawa. Kungakabiphi, ama-Arabhu aseNingizimu aseHoms namaJuda ahlanganyela namaQudaa ukuze akhe umfelandawonye wezizwe zaseYaman. IMarj Rahit yaholela empini ende phakathi kwamaqembu amaQays namaYaman. AmaQay ahlangana kabusha e-Euphrates emfuleni i-Circesium ngaphansi kukaZufar ibn al-Harith al-Kilabi futhi athuthela ukuyoziphindiselela ngokulahlekelwa kwawo. Nakuba uMarwan aphinde athola amandla okulawula iSiriya ezinyangeni ezalandela impi, ukungezwani phakathi kwezizwe kwacekela phansi isisekelo samandla ama-Umayyad: ibutho laseSiriya. 