Epsom racecourse and the sponsor Betfred are to be saluted on their decision to run this year's Derby 'In Honour of His Highness Aga Khan IV'. No family has been a more constant competitor in the ...

In 1957 at the age of 20, Prince Karim Al-Hussaini inherited the reins of a lineage that claimed descent from the Prophet Muhammad and became the spiritual leader of some 15 million Shia Ismaili ...

and Prince Aly Khan, an international playboy and son of the third Aga Khan. According to Pick, who was commissioned to write a biography that never went ahead, it was a lonely childhood for the ...

“The Imam is dead, long live the Imam!” With these words, Prince Aly Khan, the man who would have been Imam, embraced his son, the 20-year-old Prince Karim Al-Hussaini, and solemnly ...

With the egregious exception of the appalling kidnap and premature death of Shergar, the late Aga Khan IV enjoyed a mutually beneficial relationship with Ireland from the moment he inherited the ...

when he unexpectedly inherited the title of Aga Khan from his grandfather. His father, Prince Aly Khan, was bypassed in the line of succession, with the Aga Khan III declaring: ‘in view of the altered ...

Early life and legacy of Prince Karim Aga Khan IV Prince Karim Aga Khan IV was born in Geneva, Switzerland, to Prince Aly Khan and Joan Yarde-Buller. His early years were spent in Nairobi ...

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

Born December 13, 1936, His Highness Prince Karim Aga Khan IV was the son of Prince Aly Khan and his first wife Princess Tajuddawlah Aga Khan, formerly Joan Yarde-Buller. 1980: Shergar with Aga ...

Prince Karim passed away at the age of 88 four ... leader of the Ismaili community left behind three sons, Rahim Aga Khan, Aly Muhammad Aga Khan, and Hussain Aga Khan, and a daughter, Zahra ...

The Aga Khan IV was born in Switzerland as Prince Karim Al-Hussaini in 1936, the eldest son of renowned playboy Prince Aly Khan and his wife Joan, the daughter of a British baron. In 1957 ...