Prince Karim Aga Khan succeeded his grandfather as imam of the Ismaili Muslims in 1957 at the age of 20. The prince had an estimated fortune of $1bn (£801m) in 2008, according to Forbes magazine .

Ask Prince Aga Khan, who commissioned Cartier Paris in 1960 to create a Colombian emerald brooch to give a gift to his then-wife, Nina Dyer. While the marriage didn't last more than five years ...

13 May 2003 GENEVA - Former High Commissioner Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan, who had led the UN refugee agency during 12 years in the 1960s and 1970s, died in Boston on Monday, the Prince's Geneva-based ...