Battle of al-Asnam

BelligerentsUmayyad Caliphate Berber insurgentsCommanders and leadersHandhala ibn Safwan al-Kalbi Abd al-Wahid ibn Yazid al-Hawwari †Strength Unknown 300,000 menCasualties and losses Unknown 180,000+ killed

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 Qayrawan and Ifriqiya from the Berber rebels.