Prince Karim Aga Khan IV, the spiritual leader of the global Ismaili Muslim community, has passed away at the age of 88. His death was officially confirmed on Tuesday.Born Prince Karim Al-Hussaini ...

The Aga Khan, who inherited his title of the 49th Imam of the Shia Imami Ismailis in 1957 at the age of 20, was believed to have been worth over £11bn at the time of his death.

Born in 1936 in Geneva, Prince Karim assumed the imamat at age 20 in 1957, when he was declared heir to his grandfather, Sir Sultan Mahomed Shah, Aga Khan III. Both his father Prince Aly and his ...

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.

Born Prince Karim Al-Hussaini, he was the 49th Aga Khan and the spiritual head of the Nizari Isma'ili sect. He assumed this role in 1957 at the age of 20, succeeding his grandfather.