The Aga Khan, spiritual leader of millions of Ismailis and jet-setting billionaire philanthropist
His Highness Prince Karim Aga Khan IV, who has died aged 88, combined his role as 49th Imam and spiritual leader of 12-15 million Ismailis – a mystical sect of Shia Islam – in more than 25 countries ...
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The Aga Khan, spiritual leader of Ismaili Muslims and a philanthropist, dies at 88
The Ismaili community’s website said he was born on Dec. 13, 1936, in Creux-de-Genthod, near Geneva, Switzerland, the son of Joan Yarde-Buller and Aly Khan, and spent part of his childhood in ...
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The Aga Khan was part of a golden age of owner-breeders
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. The Aga Khan spent his early years in Kenya ...