<prompt> Qedela le nkulumo elandelayo: Lapho izikhulu zezizwe zama-Arabhu zaseSyria ezazisekela ama-Umayyad, ezaziyinhloko yazo induna yaseBanu Kalb, zikhetha uMarwan ibn al-Hakam njengenkosi engumbusi engqungqutheleni yaseJabiya ngo-684, kwabekwa ukuthi indodana kaYazid eyayisencane ngaleso sikhathi uKhalid izolandela uMarwan, ilandelwe ngu-al-Ashdaq. Lesi sakamuva sasilawula iphiko lesokudla lebutho likaMarwan ngesikhathi  <response>: Impi yaseMarj Rahit kamuva ngalowo nyaka, lapho ama-Umayyad athola khona ukunqoba okukhulu phezu kwezizwe zase-Zubayrid Qaysi zaseSyria. 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. 