Awtas

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Autas or Awtas ({{langx|ar|أوطاس}}) is a location in Saudi Arabia where the Battle of Hunayn and the Battle of Autas took place.

Awtas is located between Mecca and Taif at a distance of fourteen to fifteen Miles from Mecca. It is located in the Hunayn or Hunain Valley of the Sarawat Mountains.T. Osborne, A Complete History of the Arabs: From the Birth of Mohammed to the Reduction of Baghdad (1761), [https://books.google.com/books?id=6ME-AAAAYAAJ&dq=Awtas&pg=PA184 p184].[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TNgO3IlDJsI Hunayn Valley, Saudi Arabia.] The location, on the Meccah to Taif Road, is a wide arid valley surrounded by barren rocky mountains.

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Category:History of Hejaz

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