{
 "id": "place/awtas",
 "class": "place",
 "slug": "awtas",
 "label": {
  "en": "Awtas",
  "ar": "أوطاس"
 },
 "summary": {
  "en": "A valley in the territory of Hawazin where Malik ibn Awf mustered the tribal confederation before Hunayn, and where the defeated remnants of Hawazin rallied under Durayd ibn al-Simma before being pursued by Abu Amir al-Ash'ari.",
  "ar": "وادٍ في ديار هوازن عسكر فيه مالك بن عوف بالقبائل وأموالها قبل حنين، وفيه لجأ المنهزمون من هوازن تحت قيادة دريد بن الصمة، ودارت فيه سرية أوطاس."
 },
 "stub": false,
 "wings": [
  "place"
 ],
 "regions": [
  "arabia"
 ],
 "periods": [],
 "tags": [],
 "aliases": [],
 "themes": [
  "battles"
 ],
 "coordinates": [
  21.4333,
  40.35
 ],
 "data": {
  "kind": "site",
  "historical_names": [
   {
    "name": "أوطاس",
    "note": "واد في ديار هوازن قرب حنين والطائف"
   }
  ],
  "coordinates": [
   21.4333,
   40.35
  ],
  "coordinate_precision": "locality",
  "coordinate_note": "ويكي بيانات Q4830138 (أوطاس، موضع في منطقة مكة المكرمة)؛ على مستوى الناحية.",
  "external_ids": {
   "wikidata": "Q4830138"
  },
  "provenance": {
   "layer": "own-research",
   "source": "sira-ibn-hisham saqqa 1936, juz' 4 pp. 80–81, 97–99",
   "generated_by": "Devin",
   "run": "ibn-hisham-batch-2a"
  },
  "sources": [
   "source/ibn-hisham-saqqa"
  ],
  "status": {
   "review": "draft",
   "completeness": 1,
   "generated_by": "Devin; mined from Ibn Hisham juz' 4 pp. 80–99; coordinates added by Claude Code (subagent), claude-sonnet-5-5"
  }
 },
 "prose": {
  "ar": {
   "sections": [
    {
     "heading": "موجز",
     "markdown": "وادٍ في ديار [[group/hawazin|هوازن]] بين مكة والطائف؛ عسكر فيه مالك بن عوف بحشود القبائل وأموالها قبيل معركة حنين، وفيه لجأ فلول هوازن مع [[person/durayd-ibn-al-simma|دريد بن الصمة]] بعد الهزيمة، ووقعت فيه [[event/expedition-to-awtas|سرية أوطاس]] {cite:ibn-hisham-saqqa 4/80-81, 97-99}."
    },
    {
     "heading": "في سيرة ابن هشام",
     "markdown": "يصف دريد بن الصمة أرض أوطاس حين نزلها: «نعم مجال الخيل، لا حزن ضرس ولا سهل دهس» {cite:ibn-hisham-saqqa 4/81}. وفيه دارت المعركة الفاصلة لسرية أبي عامر الأشعري ومقتل دريد بن الصمة {cite:ibn-hisham-saqqa 4/93-98}."
    },
    {
     "heading": "للزوار الصغار",
     "markdown": "وادٍ جبلي مناسب لحركة الخيل، نزلت فيه قبائل هوازن بأموالها، وفيه دارت المعركة الثانية بعد حنين."
    }
   ],
   "frontmatter": {
    "id": "place/awtas",
    "lang": "ar",
    "source_lang": "ar",
    "translators": []
   }
  },
  "en": {
   "sections": [
    {
     "heading": "Summary",
     "markdown": "A valley in [[group/hawazin|Hawazin]]'s territory between Mecca and Ta'if; Malik ibn Awf encamped there with the tribes' hosts and wealth before the battle of Hunayn, Hawazin's fugitives rallied there with [[person/durayd-ibn-al-simma|Durayd ibn al-Simma]] after the rout, and there the [[event/expedition-to-awtas|Awtas detachment]] took place {cite:ibn-hisham-saqqa 4/80-81, 97-99}."
    },
    {
     "heading": "In Ibn Hisham's Sira",
     "markdown": "Durayd ibn al-Simma describes the land of Awtas when they camped at it: \"A fine field for cavalry — no rugged ground to break hooves, no soft flat to sink in\" {cite:ibn-hisham-saqqa 4/81}. There the decisive battle of Abu Amir al-Ash'ari's detachment turned, and Durayd ibn al-Simma was killed {cite:ibn-hisham-saqqa 4/93-98}."
    },
    {
     "heading": "For young visitors",
     "markdown": "A mountain valley suited to cavalry movement where Hawazin's tribes camped with their wealth — and where the second battle after Hunayn turned."
    }
   ],
   "frontmatter": {
    "id": "place/awtas",
    "lang": "en",
    "source_lang": "ar",
    "translators": [
     "Devin (SWE-2), draft translation"
    ]
   }
  }
 },
 "degree": 4,
 "contemporaries": [],
 "connections": [
  {
   "to": "event/expedition-to-awtas",
   "type": "site_of",
   "inverse": true
  },
  {
   "to": "place/taif",
   "type": "located_in",
   "inverse": false,
   "confidence": "medium",
   "note": "وادٍ في ديار هوازن بين حنين والطائف."
  }
 ],
 "related": [
  "event/battle-of-hunayn",
  "group/thaqif",
  "person/abu-amir-al-ashari",
  "person/durayd-ibn-al-simma",
  "person/rabia-ibn-rufy",
  "event/demolition-of-al-lat",
  "event/expedition-to-awtas",
  "event/journey-to-taif"
 ],
 "license": {
  "prose": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
  "data": "CC0 1.0"
 }
}