The Aga Khan IV mixed with world leaders and high society, and was a noted racehorse breeder and owner. His remembrance ceremony in Lisbon Saturday was attended by more than 300 guests ...

The King has granted the new Aga Khan the title “His Highness”, Buckingham Palace has announced. Charles is continuing a long-standing royal tradition of bestowing the title on the spiritual l ...

The death of Prince Karim – the 49th hereditary imam of the Shiite Ismaili Muslims – was announced on Tuesday by the Aga Khan Development Network and the Ismaili religious community.

The family traces their descent directly from Prophet Muhammad and the Aga Khan is treated as a head of state. The late Aga Khan III was very clear about his choice. He had written in his will: ...

The award comes months after the passing of his father, His Highness Prince Karim Aga Khan IV. He died after nearly seven decades as the spiritual leader of the global Ismaili Muslim community.

Fast cars, yachts and racehorses are not the usual accoutrements of religious leaders, but they fitted the lifestyle of the Aga Khan, the spiritual leader of the world’s 12 million Ismaili ...

Work has resumed on the massive Ismaili Center near Buffalo Bayou after the death of the Aga Khan IV, the leader of the world's millions of Shia Ismaili Muslims known for his civic service in Houston.

Prince Rahim Aga Khan V, the 50th Ismaili Imam, and family members were present, together with leaders of the global Ismaili community, said a statement from the Shia Ismaili office. Prince Karim ...

Buckingham Palace in a statement on the monarchy’s official social media accounts said: “To mark the accession of Prince Rahim Al-Hussaini Aga Khan as the fiftieth hereditary Imam of the Shi ...

His Highness Karim Aga Khan IV – widely regarded as ... in Canada with the help of Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan - the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees at the time – and thanks ...

Aswan also holds a historical significance for the Aga Khan family as it pays homage to the Fatimid dynasty, from which the Ismaili Imams trace their lineage. With the burial of Aga Khan IV in ...