Born on Dec 13, 1936 ... He was the grandson of Aga Khan-III, Sir Sultan Mahomed Shah, a statesman who had played a vital role in the creation of Pakistan, being the first president of the ...

“The Imam is dead, long live the Imam!” With these words, Prince Aly Khan, the man who would have been Imam, embraced his son, the 20-year-old Prince Karim Al-Hussaini, and solemnly ...

On Monday, the new Aga Khan V was formally granted the title of “His Highness” by King Charles III, in accordance with a tradition dating back to Aga Khan I. According to the press release from the ...

He was bestowed the title of “His Highness” by Queen Elizabeth in 1957, shortly after his grandfather, Aga Khan III, unexpectedly named him heir to the Ismaili Muslim sect, a lineage spanning ...

Hussaini, Aga Khan IV ends an illustrious and transformative 49th Imamat, the office of spiritual leadership of the Nizari ...

Prince Karim was given the title of “His Highness” by Queen Elizabeth in July 1957, two weeks after his grandfather, the Aga ...

A famous slogan inspired the local community. It had been given by Aga Khan III, grandfather of Prince Karim. He had urged his community that if a couple had two children — a girl and a boy ...

The Aga Khan III mausoleum, a rectangular mosque-like building on top of a hill on the western bank of the Nile River in the southern Egyptian city of Aswan, is now at the centre of tourism hopes in ...

Aswan also holds a historical significance for the Aga Khan family as it pays homage to the Fatimid dynasty, from which the ...