The depiction of the personality of Abu Al-Awar al-Sulami in our sources is clear example of the affect of ideology and religionpolitical tendencies on the writing of history.Even though some sources do depict Abu Al-Awar al-Sulami in what one might call as 'positive' most of the sources depict him in a very negative manner.This stems from this personality's association with Mu'awiya b.AbiSufyan (...