Awtas
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| Location in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia | |||
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| Country |  Saudi Arabia |
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| Province | Makkah | ||
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| • Provincial Governor | Meshal bin Abdullah Al Saud | ||
| Elevation | 1,879 m (6,165 ft) | ||
| Time zone | Arabian Standard Time (UTC+3) | ||
Awtas or Autas 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.[1] [2] The location, on the Meccah to Taif Road, is a wide arid valley surrounded by barren rocky mountains.
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- ↑ T. Osborne, A Complete History of the Arabs: From the Birth of Mohammed to the Reduction of Baghdad (1761), p184.
- ↑ Hunayn Valley, Saudi Arabia.
