He became the Aga Khan IV on Oct. 19, 1957, in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, on the spot where his grandfather once had his weight equalled in diamonds in gifts from his followers. He had left Harvard ...

The Aga Khan IV has been laid to rest in Egypt in a private ceremony. The governor of Aswan welcomed Prince Karim’s family at the southern Egyptian’s provinces airport ahead of the burial service on ...

The Aga Khan IV, whose teachings on the significance of pluralism ... See more about the Chronicle, the grants, how our foundation-supported journalism works, and our gift-acceptance policy.

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Aga Khan IV, the spiritual leader of the world’s Ismaili Muslims and a friend of the late Queen, has died at the age of 88. He died on Tuesday surrounded by his family and an announcement on his ...

Al-Hussaini is now Aga Khan V, a title given to the 50th imam of the Nizari Ismaili branch of Shia Islam. Although the Ismaili Muslim community is estimated to include only 12 to 15 million people, ...

For the best experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings. Prince Rahim Al-Hussaini Aga Khan V has been named the 50 th spiritual leader of the Shia ...

The Aga Khan IV was laid to rest on Sunday at a private ceremony in Aswan, Egypt. The death of Prince Karim – the 49th hereditary imam of the Shiite Ismaili Muslims – was announced Tuesday by ...

He became the Aga Khan IV on Oct. 19, 1957, in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, on the spot where his grandfather once had his weight equaled in diamonds in gifts from his followers. He had left Harvard ...

PARIS (AP) — The Aga Khan, who became the spiritual leader of the world’s millions of Ismaili Muslims at age 20 as a Harvard undergraduate and poured a material empire built on billions of ...

Aga Khan IV, the 49th imam of the Ismaili Muslims and philanthropist, died on Tuesday. He was 88. He “passed away peacefully” in Lisbon, Portugal, surrounded by his family, the Ismaili ...