“The Imam is dead, long live the Imam!” With these words, Prince Aly Khan, the man who would have been Imam, embraced his son ...

He appeared to be a man of contradictions — a globe-trotting aristocrat who belonged to a tradition dating back to one of the ...

The more concrete evidence of the formation of a distinct community can be traced back to the British colonial period ...

Prince Karim Aga Khan was a direct descendant of the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him and ... title given by the 19th century Persian, Qajar monarch, Fath Ali Shah (r.1797-1834) to the 46th ...

Although Prince Karim Al- Hussaini Aga Khan IV was not a Ugandan, his legacy will live on in the Pearl of Africa. He impacted thousands of lives in Uganda through his businesses that cut across ...

TEHRAN - A restoration project for Moshir Mosque, a treasured Qajar-era landmark in the heart of Shiraz, is set to commence in the coming days, the tourism chief of Fars province said on Sunday.

He reckons that lack of seaport at Tehran compels Iran to transport raw material from ports in the south towards north, for manufacturing in Tehran's industrial belt and then ship finished product ...

Tehran was established as capital by Agha Mohammad Khan Qajar (1742-1797), the first ruler of Qajar dynasty in the 18th Century. Iran, since 1989 in at least six studies, has considered relocating ...

Considered to be a direct descendant of the Prophet Muhammad through his daughter Fatima and son-in-law Ali, the Aga Khan ... of Aga Khan was bestowed on Hasan Ali Shah, the 46th Imam of Nizari ...

Prince Karim, 88, was given the title of “His Highness” by Queen Elizabeth in July 1957, two weeks after his grandfather, the ...