 Asad was placed at the head of the expedition even while retaining his office of "qadi", normally incompatible with a military post.The Muslim expeditionary forces are said to have consisted of ten thousand foot soldiers and seven hundred cavalry, mostly Ifriqiyan Arabs and Berbers, but possibly also some Khurasanis.The fleet comprised seventy or a hundred ships, to which were added Euphemius' own vessels.