Al-Walid bin Hisham narrates from his father and grandfather that when Ibn Ziyad reached Syria, the people of Syria, except the people of al-Jabiyah, had already pledged allegiance to Abdullah bin al-Zubayr (may Allah be pleased with them both). Then Ibn Ziyad, along with the Banu Umayyah present there and their freedmen, pledged allegiance to Marwan bin al-Hakam in the middle of Dhu al-Qa'dah in the year 64 AH, and after him to Khalid bin Yazid bin Mu'awiyah. Then Marwan marched towards al-Dahhak bin Qays, and they met at Marj Rahit, where fighting continued for twenty days. Finally, in Dhu al-Hijjah in the year 64 AH, al-Dahhak bin Qays and his companions were defeated, and in that battle al-Dahhak bin Qays, along with many people of the tribe of Qays, was killed.