 Marwan II did not really have any options, for at that time, his resources were engaged in fending off the Abbasid Revolution.Egypt fell to the Abbasids in the middle of 750 and the last Umayyad caliph Marwan II was caught and killed.Hoping the chaos in the east would allow him to carve out an independent state for himself, Ifriqiyan governor Ibn Habib at first sought an understanding with the Abbasids but was soon disappointed by Abbasid demands for submission.