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Prince Karim Aga Khan, the spiritual leader of the global Ismaili community, passed away on Tuesday, leaving his tens of millions of followers across the world in mourning, the Diwan of the ...
Prince Karim Aga Khan succeeded his grandfather as Imam of the Ismaili Muslims in 1957 at the age of 20. He died surrounded ...
Prince Karim Aga Khan, renowned for his triumphs in horse racing, immense wealth, and global development work, breathed his last in Lisbon, Portugal, at the age of 88 on Tuesday.
A coffin of Prince Karim Al-Hussaini Aga Khan IV, the spiritual leader of Ismaili Muslims, is carried into the hearse from the Ismaili Centre during his funeral in Lisbon, Portugal, February 8, 2025.
It said: "His Highness Prince Karim Al-Hussaini, Aga Khan IV, 49th hereditary Imam of the Shia Ismaili Muslims and direct descendant of the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him), passed away ...
The Aga Khan’s eldest son, Prince Rahim Al-Hussaini, has been designated the Aga Khan V. Prince Karim, who was born in Geneva in 1936, came into the hereditary role of spiritual leader of the global ...
Who said what. Prince Karim Al-Hussaini became the Aga Khan IV and 49th hereditary iman in his family's 1,300-year-old dynasty when he was a 20-year-old student at Harvard.
Prince Karim Al-Hussaini, the Aga Khan IV, died on February 4 in Lisbon, Portugal at age 88. News of his passing was confirmed by Aga Khan Development Network’s X channel.
Prince Karim, as the Aga Khan IV was known as a youth, in 1953, when he was a student at the exclusive Institut Le Rosey in Geneva. He and other students were on the shore of Lake Geneva.
Prince Karim Aga Khan succeeded his grandfather as Imam of the Ismaili Muslims in 1957 at the age of 20. He died surrounded by family in Lisbon, Portugal, the Aga Khan Development Network said.
Born Prince Shah Karim Al Husseini on December 13, 1936 in Geneva, the Aga Khan IV spent his early years in Nairobi, Kenya, but later returned to Switzerland, attending the exclusive Le Rosey ...