[ASOC]

Ismail Ax as a keyword in google yields nothing that seems even tenuously related to the VT event..

Ditto for Alta VIsta and Dogpile.

[Smogger]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ismail_I

Shāh Ismā'il Abu'l-Mozaffar bin Sheikh Haydar bin Sheikh Junayd Safawī (Persian: شاه اسماعیل - Azerbaijani: Şah İsmayıl Səfəvi) (July 17, 1487 - May 23, 1524), Shah of Iran and the founder of the Safavid dynasty, which survived until 1736. He was a Shi'ite from Ardabil, Iran. Shah Ismail first proclaimed Safavid Shia state in Azerbaijan in 1501, and year later, in 1502, in all of Iran. [1] He reigned as Shāh Ismā'il I of Irān from 1502 to 1524. Shah Ismail was also a prolific poet who, under the pen name Khatā'ī, contributed greatly to the literary development of Azerbaijani language.[2]

[wideawake]

Good catch. Where did you get this text, 3AD - it’s not in the article?

[Hatteras]

Could he be referring to himself as Ismael’s Ax (or weapon)?