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His Highness Prince Karim Aga Khan IV has been laid to rest at a private burial ceremony in Aswan, Egypt, New Vision Online has learnt.Prince Rahim Aga Khan V, the 50th Ismaili Imam and family ...
Prince Karim Al-Hussaini Aga Khan IV, the 49th hereditary spiritual leader of the Shia Ismaili Muslims and founder of the Aga Khan Development Network, was laid to rest on Sunday in a private ...
Considered one of the globe's wealthiest religious leaders, the Aga Khan IV—born Prince Karim Al-Hussaini—died last week at his home in Lisbon. ... On the other hand, ...
The Aga Khan, who became the spiritual leader of the world’s millions of Ismaili Muslims at age 20 and then evolved into a business magnate and philanthropist, died Tuesday.
The Aga Khan IV was laid to rest on Sunday at a private ceremony in Aswan, Egypt. The death of Prince Karim – the 49th hereditary imam of the Shiite Ismaili Muslims – was announced Tuesday by ...
He became the Aga Khan IV on Oct. 19, 1957, in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, on the spot where his grandfather once had his weight equaled in diamonds in gifts from his followers.
The Aga Khan was just 20 when he was bestowed his title, after his grandfather Aga Khan III broke with tradition to allow the honour to skip a generation, bypassing Karim’s father, Aly.
A week after the passing of Prince Karim Aga Khan IV, King Charles III has granted the title of ‘His Highness’ to his son, Prince Rahim Al-Hussaini Aga Khan V.
The Aga Khan IV, who as the leader of the world’s Ismaili Muslims fused entrepreneurship and philanthropy in becoming one of the world’s wealthiest hereditary rulers, died on Tuesday at his ...
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.
The Aga Khan, the spiritual leader of the world’s millions of Ismaili Muslims and a major philanthropist, has died. His son will succeed him.
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.