iy ah . ▁ ▁He ▁rec ount ed ▁that ▁Mu aw iy ah ▁spent ▁a ▁great ▁deal ▁of ▁time ▁in ▁prayer , ▁in ▁spite ▁of ▁the ▁bur den ▁of ▁man aging ▁a ▁large ▁emp ire . ▁ ▁Az - Z uh ri ▁stated ▁that ▁Mu aw i ya ▁led ▁the ▁H aj j ▁Pil gr image ▁with ▁the ▁people ▁twice ▁during ▁his ▁era ▁as ▁cal i ph . ▁ ▁Books ▁written ▁in ▁the ▁early ▁Abb as id ▁period ▁like ▁al - Bal ad h uri ' s ▁" The ▁Orig ins ▁of ▁the ▁Islam ic ▁State " ▁provide ▁a ▁more ▁accurate ▁and ▁bal anced ▁history . ▁I bn ▁H ish am ▁also ▁wrote ▁about ▁these ▁events . ▁ ▁Much ▁of ▁the ▁anti - U may y ad ▁literature ▁started ▁to ▁appear ▁in ▁the ▁later ▁Abb as id ▁period ▁in ▁Pers ia . ▁ ▁After ▁killing ▁off ▁most ▁of ▁the ▁Um ay y ads ▁and ▁destroy ing ▁the ▁gra ves ▁of ▁the ▁Um ay y ad ▁r ul ers ▁apart ▁from ▁Mu aw iy ah ▁and ▁U mar ▁ibn ▁Ad b ▁al - Az iz , ▁the ▁history ▁books ▁written ▁during ▁the ▁later ▁Abb as id ▁period ▁are ▁more ▁anti - U may y ad . ▁The ▁Abb as ids ▁just ified ▁their ▁rule ▁by ▁saying ▁that ▁their ▁ancest or ▁Abb as ▁ibn ▁Abd ▁al - M utt al ib ▁was ▁a ▁cousin ▁of ▁Muhammad . ▁ ▁The ▁books ▁written ▁later ▁in ▁the ▁Abb as id ▁period ▁in ▁Iran ▁are ▁more ▁anti - U