The war involved Cause_to_be_included the suppression of two challenges to the Umayyad dynasty , the first by Husayn ibn Ali , as well as his supporters including Sulayman ibn Surad and Mukhtar al-Thaqafi who rallied for his revenge in Iraq , and the second by Abd Allah ibn al-Zubayr .

Yazid 's army assaulted Attack anti-government rebels in Medina in August 683 and subsequently besieged Besieging Mecca , where Ibn al-Zubayr had established Creating himself in opposition to Yazid .

After Yazid died Death in November , the siege was abandoned GiveUp and Umayyad authority collapsed Destroying throughout the caliphate except in certain parts of Syria ; most provinces recognized Ibn al-Zubayr as caliph .

Under the leadership of Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan , the Umayyads reasserted Recovering control over the caliphate after defeating the Zubayrids at the Battle of Maskin in Iraq and killing Ibn al-Zubayr in the Siege of Mecca in 692 .