What the records say
- When
- May 742
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 36.04° N, 0.13° E
- Description
- 742 battle
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
Battle of al-Asnam
742 battle in today's Algeria
The Battle of al-Asnam was a military engagement between the Umayyad governor of Ifriqiya, Hanzala 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.
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