A`zaz topographic map

Name: A`zaz topographic map, elevation, terrain.

Location: A`zaz, Azaz Subdistrict, Azaz District, Aleppo Governorate, Syria (36.54644 37.00643 36.62644 37.08643)

Average elevation: 1,834 ft

Minimum elevation: 1,637 ft

Maximum elevation: 2,464 ft

During the Crusader era, Azaz, which was referred to in Crusader sources as "Hazart", became of particular strategic significance due to its topography and location, overlooking the surrounding region. In the hands of the Muslims, Azaz stymied communications between the Crusader states of Edessa and Antioch, while in Crusader hands it threatened the major Muslim city of Aleppo. Around December 1118, the Crusader prince Roger of Antioch and the Armenian prince Leo I besieged and captured Azaz from the Turcoman prince Ilghazi of Mardin.