<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - Ukufa kukaYazid nendodana yakhe kanye nomlandeli uMuawiya II ngokulandelana okusheshayo ngo-683684 kwabangela ukungabi bikho kobuholi eDamaseku kanye nokuwa okulandelayo kwegunya le-Umayyad kulo lonke iCaliphate. Izifundazwe eziningi zazimemezela ukuthi zizothembeka kuCaliph Abd Allah ibn al-Zubayr owayengumphikisi owayeseMecca. Ezingxenyeni zaseSiriya, izizwe zama-Arabhu ezindala ezazithole isikhundla esivelele enkantolo yase-Umayyad nasempini, ikakhulukazi iBanu Kalb, zazama ukulondoloza ukubusa kwama-Umayyad. UMarwan nomndeni wakhe, kuhlanganise no-Abd al-Malik, base bethuthele eSyria, lapho uMarwan ahlangana khona no-Ubayd Allah ibn Ziyad, owayesanda kuxoshwa esikhundleni sakhe sokuba umbusi e-Iraq. U-Ibn Ziyad wancenga uMarwan ukuba adlulisele ukhetho lwakhe lwe-caliphate ngesikhathi somhlangano wezizwe ezixhasa ama-Umayyad eJabiya owawubanjwe isikhulu seKalbi u-Ibn Bahdal. Izicukuthwane zezizwe zamkhetha uMarwan njengenkosi futhi owokugcina wathembela kuKalb kanye nabalingani bayo, abaziwa njenge Yaman ngokubhekisele ezimpandeni zabo ezifanayo zaseNingizimu Arabia Yamani. Amandla abo ayevela ngenxa yezizwe zamaQaysi, abantu abasha ababefike ukuzobusa enyakatho yeSyria naseJazira ngaphansi kukaMuawiya I futhi babephambukele ku-Ibn al-Zubayr. AmaQays aqothulwa uMarwan nabasekeli bakhe abangamaYamani eMpini yaseMarj Rahit  <response>: ngo-684, okwaholela empini engenazivumelwano nokuncintisana phakathi kwezizwe ezimbili. U-Abd al-Malik akazange abambe iqhaza empini ngenxa yezizathu zenkolo, ngokusho kwezinkondlo zesikhathi sakhe ezihlanganiswe ku-anthology ka-Abu Tammam d. 845. 