<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - Lapho izicukuthwane zezizwe zama-Umayyad zaseSyria, eziyinhloko phakathi kwazo induna yeBanu Kalb, zikhetha uMarwan ibn al-Hakam njengo-caliph engqungqutheleni yaseJabiya ka-684, kwabekwa ukuthi indodana ka-Yazid ngaleso sikhathi u-Khalid uzolandela uMarwan, elandelwa ngu-al-Ashdaq. Lesi sakamuva sasiphethe iphiko lesokudla lebutho likaMarwan ngesikhathi seMpi yaseMarj Rahit  <response>: kamuva ngalowo nyaka, lapho ama-Umayyad anqoba khona ngokunqoba okukhulu phezu kwezizwe zaseSyria ezazisekela uZubayrid Qaysi. Ngesikhathi sokuhambela kukaMarwan ukuyohlwitha i-Egypt ku-Zubayrid umbusi wayo ngo-685, u-al-Ashdaq wayekhona futhi wanikeza inkulumo ememezela ubukhosi bukaMarwan esuka ethulini lomsikiti eFustat. Ngemva kwalokho, u-al-Ashdaq wathunyelwa uMarwan ukuba agweme ukuhlaselwa kwePalestine nguMusab ibn al-Zubayr, owayezama ukunqoba i-Umayyad Syria ngesikhathi uMarwan engekho. Wabe esejoyina uMarwan futhi wahlala enhloko-dolobha yase-Umayyad eDamaseku. U-Khalifa wahlala eqaphile nge-al-Ashdaqs ambitions to the caliphate, ikakhulukazi ngenxa yokuthandwa kwakhe phakathi kwabakwa-Arabhu baseSyria kanye nobuhlobo bakhe obuseduze noMarwan, owayengumalume wakhe ongumama futhi eyisihlobo sikababa. UMarwan wanquma ukugwema ukufuna ukuhola kuka-al-Ashdaq no-Khalid ngokuba namadodana akhe u-Abd al-Malik no-Abd al-Aziz, ngokulandelana, abonwe yizicukuthwane zaseSyria njengabalandeli bakhe abakhethiwe. 