| Battle of al-Asnam | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Part of the Berber Revolt | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 Umayyad Caliphate | Berber insurgents | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Handhala ibn Safwan al-Kalbi | Abd al-Wahid ibn Yazid al-Hawwari † | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 10,000 men[1] | 300,000 men[2] | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| Unknown | 180,000 killed[2] | ||||||
The Battle of al-Asnam (Arabic: معركة الأصنام) was a military engagement between the Umayyad governor of Ifriqya, Handhala ibn Safwan al-Kalbi, and the Sufrite Berber insurgents led by Abd al-Wahid ibn Yazid al-Hawwari. The Umayyads decisively defeated the Berber army, saving Kairouan and Ifriqiya from the Berbers rebels.[3]
- ^ al-Nuwayri, p. 33.
- ^ a b Hamouda 2007, p. 143.
- ^ Henri Fournel (1857). Étude sur la conquête de l'Afrique par les Arabes et recherches sur les tribus berbères qui ont occupé le Maghreb central (in French). unknown library. Impr. Impériale. pp. 79–81.