The spiritual leader of the world’s Ismaili Muslims for nearly seven decades, Prince Karim Aga Khan IV, passed away on ...

Billionaire philanthropist and Ismaili Muslim spiritual leader, Prince Karim Aga Khan, has passed away at 88 years old, in Lisbon, Portugal, surrounded by family.

LISBON (Reuters) -Prince Rahim Al-Hussaini was named the 50th hereditary Imam, or spiritual leader, of Ismaili Muslims on Wednesday after the will of his late father Prince Karim Aga Khan IV was ...

(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.

PRINCE Karim Aga Khan was a man who straddled various worlds and cultures. Beyond his role as spiritual leader of the world’s Ismaili Muslims, he was a man of great wealth and influence ...

Prince Karim, as the Aga Khan IV was known as a youth, in 1953, when he was a student at the exclusive Institut Le Rosey in Geneva. He and other students were on the shore of Lake Geneva. Credit ...

Considered by followers to be a direct descendant of the Prophet Muhammad, His Highness Prince Karim Aga Khan IV was a student when his grandfather picked him to lead the Shia Ismaili Muslim diaspora.

FILE – Queen Elizabeth II and The Aga Khan at a dinner at Buckingham Palace, in London, July 7, 2008, to mark the Aga Khan’s Golden Jubilee. (Dominic Lipinski/PA via AP, File) ...

Aga Khan IV, a spiritual leader of the Ismaili Shia Muslim community, was known for his development work around the world, including India. PTI Last Updated : 05 February 2025, 16:41 IST ...

Aga Khan’s impact on Hyderabad is most visibly seen in the restoration of the Qutb Shahi tombs. The Aga Khan Trust for Culture (AKTC), started in 1988, teamed up with the Telangana government to ...

Who said what. Prince Karim Al-Hussaini became the Aga Khan IV and 49th hereditary iman in his family's 1,300-year-old dynasty when he was a 20-year-old student at Harvard.

Uncredited. FILE - Karim Aga Khan, his wife the Begum Salima, and their son, Prince Rahim are seen in Geneva, Feb. 9, 1972. The baby was born October 12, 1971, in Geneva.