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in 689, al-Ashdaq took advantage of his absence to launch a revolt, seize the city and declare his right as sovereign. This compelled Abd al-Malik to abandon his campaign and address al-Ashdaq's rebellion. In the ensuing standoff in
Damascus between their supporters, Abd al-Malik offered al-Ashdaq
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Zubayrids in the city. Al-Ashdaq appointed Ibn al-Zubayr's brother, Amr, to lead the expedition, but the force was defeated and Amr was executed by Ibn al-Zubayr. Toward the end of 683, al-Ashdaq was dismissed. Yazid died and was
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Abd al-Malik succeeded his father in late 685 but remained suspicious of al-Ashdaq. The latter did not relinquish his claims and viewed Abd al-Malik's accession as a violation of the arrangements reached in Jabiya. When the caliph left
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From his wife Sawda bint al-Zubayr ibn al-Awwam, the sister of Abd Allah ibn al-Zubayr, al-Ashdaq had his sons Abd al-Malik and Abd al-Aziz and daughter Ramla. He was also married to A'isha bint Muti, the sister of
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Zubayrid governor in 685. After the Umayyad victory, al-Ashdaq proclaimed Marwan's sovereignty from the pulpit of the
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tribe, were later reconciled with Abd al-Malik after the latter's victory over the
Zubayrids in 692. Sa'id, who had participated in his father's revolt, subsequently migrated to Medina, then to
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