force under Habib ibn Abi Ubayda arrived too late to prevent the massacre, and retreated to Tlemcen, which had in the meantime itself been raised to revolt by Sufrite activists. Governor Ubayd Allah ibn al-Habhab forwarded the report of the battle to Damascus and requested reinforcements. Caliph Hisham, shocked at the news, dismissed Ubayd Allah in February, 741 and began preparations to dispatch a large eastern Arab army under a new governor, Kulthum ibn Iyad al-Qasi to crush the Berber rebellion. The disgraced Ubayd Allah left Ifriqiya in April 741, and returned to the east. See also History of early Islamic Tunisia History of medieval Tunisia References Umayyad governors of Ifriqiya 8th-century people from al-Andalus 8th-century Arabs Berber Revolt 8th-century people from the Umayyad Caliphate 8th-century people of Ifriqiya