Prince Karim Aga Khan, who died on Feb. 4, 2025, served as the religious leader of Ismaili Muslims around the world since being appointed as the 49th hereditary imam in 1957.

His Highness Prince Karim Al-Hussaini, the Aga Khan IV and 49th hereditary imam of the Shia Ismaili Muslims and a renowned philanthropist, has died at 88. Skip to content.

Prince Karim Aga Khan attends the Installation of Frederic Mitterrand at the "Academie des Beaux-Arts". Held at "Academie des Beaux-Arts" on Feb. 5, 2020, in Paris, France.

Accounts differ as to the date and place of Prince Karim Aga Khan’s birth. According to “Who’s Who in France,” he was born on Dec. 13, 1936, in Creux-de-Genthod, near Geneva, the son of ...

People carry the coffin of Prince Karim al-Hussaini, the Aga Khan IV and 49th hereditary imam of the Shiite Ismaili Muslims, who died Feb. 4 in Portugal, to be buried at the Aga Khan mausoleum, in ...

Considered by followers to be a direct descendant of the Prophet Muhammad, His Highness Prince Karim Aga Khan IV was a student when his grandfather picked him to lead the Shia Ismaili Muslim diaspora.

His Highness Prince Karim Al-Hussaini, the Aga Khan IV and 49th hereditary imam of the Shia Ismaili Muslims and a renowned philanthropist, has died at 88. Skip to content NOWCAST WLWT News 5 at 5:30 ...

His Highness Prince Karim Al-Hussaini, the Aga Khan IV and 49th hereditary imam of the Shia Ismaili Muslims and a renowned philanthropist, has died at 88. Skip to content NOWCAST WISN 12 News at ...