A direct descendant of the Prophet Muhammad, Khan was the founder and chairman of the Aga Khan Development Network.

People with a particular historical awareness may remember his grandfather, Sir Sultan Mahomed Shah, Aga Khan III, as one of the founders of the League of Nations and international statesman.

President Dr Arif Alvi has felicitated spiritual leader of Ismaili community, His Highness Agha Khan on completion of his 65 years of leadership of the community. In a letter addressed to the Agha ...

The name Aga Khan was spoken frequently in our house as my maternal grandfather had done legal work for Sir Sultan and his son Aly Solomon in pre-partition Bombay and Poona. The founder of ...

Prince Karim Al-Hussaini, Aga Khan IV, the spiritual leader of the Ismaili sect of Shia Muslims and one of the world's leading Thoroughbred owners and breeders, died Tuesday in Lisbon, Portugal.

The Aga Khan, who has died at 88, became the spiritual leader of the world’s millions of Ismaili Muslims at the age of 20. He was also one of a golden age of owner-breeders for European horse racing.

Prince Karim Aga Khan at an event on Oct. 2, 2019, in London. Max Mumby/Indigo/Getty Images ...

The Aga Khan succeeded his grandfather, Sir Sultan Mahomed Shah Aga Khan III, as Imam of the Shia Ismaili Muslims in 1957 at the age of 20. The programme focuses on individuals aged 50 and above ...

The Ismailis are a Shia Muslim sect. He had led the community since 1957, when his grandfather Sir Sultan Mahomed Shah, or Aga Khan III, had named him as successor, passing over his father.

The addition of the new runners in the late 1970s precipitated a return to racing in England for the Aga Khan, who had campaigned his runners in France to that point, with Sir Michael Stoute and ...

Prince Rahim Aga Khan V has ascended as the 50th hereditary Imam of Shia Ismaili Muslims following the death of his father, Prince Karim Al-Hussaini Aga Khan IV. The ceremony witnessed both ...