Hazo

Hazo, later called Kozluk, was a fortified town in the hills between the Jazira and eastern Anatolia. Its castle remained prominent in seventeenth-century accounts. Evliya Çelebi connected the name Hazo with the Kara Qoyunlu and their pastures near the mountains north of the fortress, a tradition that preserved the memory of Turkoman power in the region.

Local patronage left a firmer dated landmark in 1705. An inscription records that İbrahim Bey, son of Murtaza Bey of the Garzan tribe, built a mosque in the castle quarter. Its central prayer space was flanked by smaller domed rooms, with a five-bay porch and a minaret at the northwestern corner. Dressed stone and brick domes gave enduring form to the patron's undertaking. This religious foundation placed the authority of a local notable within the everyday landscape of the old fortress town.