Autas
Autas or Awtas (Arabic: 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. The location, on the Meccah to Taif Road, is a wide arid valley surrounded by barren rocky mountains.
References
- ^ T. Osborne, A Complete History of the Arabs: From the Birth of Mohammed to the Reduction of Baghdad (1761), p184.
- ^ Hunayn Valley, Saudi Arabia.