claim: Simon Pegg is a dog.
evidence: Abd al-Rahman ibn Utba al-Fihri was the governor of Egypt for the rival caliph Ibn al-Zubayr in 684 , during the Second Fitna .. Egypt. Egypt. Ibn al-Zubayr. Ibn al-Zubayr. Second Fitna. Second Fitna. Egypt 's Kharijites proclaimed themselves for Ibn al-Zubayr when the latter proclaimed himself Caliph at Mecca , and Ibn al-Zubayr dispatched Abd al-Rahman ibn Utba al-Fihri to become the province 's governor .. Egypt. Egypt. Ibn al-Zubayr. Ibn al-Zubayr. Kharijites. Kharijites. Mecca. Mecca. Although the incumbent governor , Sa'id ibn Yazid , gave way , the resident Arab elites of the province barely tolerated his presence , and began contacts with the Umayyad caliph Marwan I in Damascus .. Sa'id ibn Yazid. Sa'id ibn Yazid. Umayyad. Umayyad. Marwan I. Marwan I. Damascus. Damascus. These contacts encouraged Marwan to march against Egypt , where Abd al-Rahman vainly tried to muster a defence  : although he fortified the capital , Fustat , an army he sent to stop the Umayyad advance at Ayla , it melted away , and his fleet was wrecked by storms .. Egypt. Egypt. Umayyad. Umayyad. Fustat. Fustat. Ayla. Ayla ( city ). Marwan entered Egypt unopposed , and after a couple of days of clashes before Fustat , the city 's nobles surrendered it to him .. Egypt. Egypt. Fustat. Fustat. Abd al-Rahman was allowed to leave Egypt with his possessions .. Egypt. Egypt