Half-British prince Rahim al-Hussaini has been named the new Aga Khan, becoming the spiritual leader of the world’s Ismaili Muslims and taking over a philanthropic empire worth $13 billion.

He was 88 years old. The Aga Khan died on Tuesday in Portugal surrounded by his family, according to the Aga Khan Foundation. An announcement on his successor will come later, the foundation said.

Home Religion speed read The Aga Khan, billionaire spiritual leader, dies at 88 Prince Karim Al-Hussaini's philanthropy funded hospitals, housing and schools in some of the world's poorest places ...

The Aga Khan addresses an audience about the challenges to a pluralistic society on Nov. 12, 2015, at the Memorial Church on the campus of Harvard University, in Cambridge, Mass.

His Highness Prince Karim Al-Hussaini, the Aga Khan IV, was the 49th hereditary imam of the Shia Ismaili Muslims. He died Tuesday at 88, surrounded by his family in Lisbon, Portugal.

(The Conversation) — 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.

Descendant of Prophet Mohammed is also one of world's richest men. The Aga Khan, spiritual leader of Ismaili Muslims, looks on during a speaking event at Massey Hall in Toronto, Feb. 28, 2014 ...

The Aga Khan's private life -- including his two marriages and divorces -- always made headlines in Western media. The Aga Khan's first marriage was to a British woman, Sarah Croker Poole, who ...

He was the founder and president of the Aga Khan Development Network, which employs 96,000 people and finances development programmes particularly in Asia and Africa. “His Highness Prince Karim ...

FILE - The Aga Khan, spiritual leader to millions of Ismaili Muslims, addresses an audience, Thursday, Nov. 12, 2015, at the Memorial Church on the campus of Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass ...

Several years ago, the Aga Khan IV led the metro's Ismaili Muslim community to begin construction on the five-story marbled center towering 72 feet over its 11 acres of land near Buffalo Bayou ...