His grandfather, the Aga Khan III, unexpectedly bequeathed him the title upon his death in 1957, bypassing his playboy son Prince Aly Khan, Prince Karim's father. Queen Elizabeth II granted the ...

He was the eldest son of Prince Aly Khan and Joan Yarde-Buller, and grandson and successor of Sir Sultan Mahomed Shah, Aga Khan III. Born Prince Shah Karim Al Husseini on December 13, 1936 in ...

The private funeral of Prince Karim al-Hussaini Aga Khan IV ... of the Ismaili community left behind three sons, Rahim Aga Khan, Aly Muhammad Aga Khan, and Hussain Aga Khan, and a daughter ...

He was the eldest son of the noted playboy Prince Aly Khan and his first wife, Joan (Yarde-Buller) Khan, a descendant of British aristocracy. His younger brother, Amyn Aga Khan, was born the next ...

surrounded by his family". It said: "His Highness Prince Karim Al-Hussaini, Aga Khan IV, 49th hereditary Imam of the Shia Ismaili Muslims and direct descendant of the Prophet Muhammad (peace be ...

The late Aga Khan is survived by his children Princess Zahra, Prince Rahim, Prince Hussain and Prince Aly Muhammad, his brother Prince Amyn Muhammad, half-sister Princess Yasmin, and four ...

The Aga Khan ... 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, Switzerland, the son of Joan Yarde-Buller and ...

The late Aga Khan is survived by his four children: Princess Zahra, Prince Rahim, Prince Hussain and Prince Aly Muhammad. Speculation is rife that his eldest son, Prince Rahim, may take on the ...

He was the eldest son of Prince Aly Khan and Joan Yarde-Buller, and grandson and successor as Imam of the late Sir Sultan Mahomed Shah Aga Khan III. Throughout his life, His Highness the Aga Khan ...

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 ...