However, when she reached Mecca with a passion for vengeance she began rousing the people
to avenge `Uthman's blood by circulating stories of his having been victimised. The first to
respond to this call was `Abdullah ibn `Amir al-Hadrami who had been the governor of Mecca
in `Uthman's reign and with him Marwan ibn al-Hakam, Sa`id ibn al-`As and other Umayyads
rose to support her. On the other side Talhah ibn `Ubaydillah and az-Zubayr ibn al-`Awwam
also reached Mecca from Medina.