- K h ush ani , ▁another ▁Christian . ▁ ▁Mu aw i ya ' s ▁marriage ▁to ▁M ays un ▁b int ▁Bah dal ▁( Y az id ' s ▁mother ) ▁was ▁polit ically ▁motiv ated , ▁as ▁she ▁was ▁the ▁daughter ▁of ▁the ▁chief ▁of ▁the ▁Kal b ▁tribe , ▁which ▁was ▁a ▁large ▁Sy ri ac ▁Orth odox ▁Christian ▁Arab ▁tribe ▁in ▁Sy ria . ▁The ▁Kal b ▁tribe ▁had ▁remained ▁largely ▁neutral ▁when ▁the ▁Muslim s ▁first ▁went ▁into ▁Sy ria . ▁After ▁the ▁pl ague ▁that ▁killed ▁much ▁of ▁the ▁Muslim ▁army ▁in ▁Sy ria , ▁by ▁marry ing ▁M ays un , ▁Mu aw iy ah ▁used ▁the ▁Sy ri ac ▁Orth odox ▁Christians ▁against ▁the ▁By z ant ines . ▁ ▁Tom ▁Holland ▁writes ▁ ▁Christians , ▁Jews , ▁Sam ar it ans ▁and ▁Man ich ae ans ▁were ▁all ▁treated ▁well ▁by ▁Mu aw iy ah . ▁Mu aw iy ah ▁even ▁restored ▁Ed essa ' s ▁c athedral ▁after ▁it ▁had ▁been ▁to pp led ▁by ▁an ▁earth qu ake . ▁Sav ag ely ▁though ▁Mu aw iy ah ▁pro sec uted ▁his ▁wars ▁against ▁the ▁Rom ans , ▁yet ▁his ▁subjects , ▁no ▁longer ▁tr ample d ▁by ▁rival ▁arm ies , ▁no ▁longer ▁divided ▁by ▁host ile ▁watch t ow ers , ▁knew ▁only ▁peace ▁at ▁last . ▁Justice ▁fl our ished ▁in ▁his ▁time , ▁and ▁there ▁was ▁great ▁peace ▁in ▁the ▁regions ▁under ▁his ▁control . ▁He ▁allowed ▁everyone