[1] Yazid participated in the frontier raids against the Byzantine Empire under the command of Salman ibn Rabi'a al-Bahili.
[1] Shabib fought against the Kurds of the region as a member of the Muslim army, and for a time received a regular stipend, which was later terminated during the reign of Caliph Abd al-Malik (r. 685–705) because he did not respond to a call to arms.
[1] Shabib led the remnants of Ibn Musarrih's army, which mostly consisted of Banu Shayban tribesmen, through Mosul and central Iraq, defeating Umayyad forces at Nahrawan and Khanaqin before attacking Kufa with 200 of his fighters.
[1] In mid-696, after three months of back-and-forth fighting, Shabib and 600 of his men took over al-Mada'in in central Iraq, defeating Attab ibn Warqa al-Riyahi.
[1] However, a thousands-strong Syrian army under Sufyan ibn al-Abrad al-Kalbi was deployed and decisively defeated Shabib outside the city.