<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - Iningi lezizwe zama-Arabhu enkabeni naseningizimu yeSyria lahlala lithembekile kuma-Umayyad futhi lakhetha uMarwan ibn al-Hakam ongeyena u-Sufyanid waseMedina ukuba alandele uMuawiya II. Ukumenyezelwa kukaMarwan njengenkosi eDamaseku kwaphawula ushintsho olukhulu ngokumelene no-Ibn al-Zubayr. Abalandeli bakaMarwan, abaholwa ngu-Ubayd Allah ibn Ziyad, banqoba ngokuzimisela izizwe ze-Zubayrid Qaysi, ezaholwa ngu-al-Dahhak ibn Qays al-Fihri, eMpini yaseMarj Rahit  <response>: ngoJulayi 684. AmaQaysi asinda abalekela eJazira e-Upper Mesopotamia ngaphansi kobuholi bukaZufar ibn al-Harith al-Kilabi, owagcina ukuqaphela kwakhe ubukhosi buka-Ibn al-Zubayr. Nokho, ngo-March 685, u-Ibn al-Zubayr walahlekelwa isifundazwe esibaluleke kakhulu kwezomnotho saseGibhithe eMarwan. 