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To: ASOC
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]

33 posted on 04/17/2007 9:05:19 AM PDT by Smogger (It's the WOT Stupid)
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To: Smogger
Yup, whole lot of stuff on a buch of Ismails, but nada on ismail ax...
Lots of stuff on az, as you might imagine.

Just trying to put it in context.

Anytime a deranged killer writes on himself, I want to know the context.

FWIW, over 100 people die each day in America due to alcohol related events.

66 posted on 04/17/2007 9:11:01 AM PDT by ASOC (Yeah, well, maybe - but can you *prove* it?)
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