Prince Karim, 88, was given the title of “His Highness” by Queen Elizabeth in July 1957, two weeks after his grandfather, the Aga Khan III, unexpectedly made him heir to the family’s 1,300-year ...
As leader of a branch of Shiite Islam, the Aga Khan mixed business projects and humanitarian initiatives as he built a ...
Rahim Al-Hussaini was named Wednesday as the new Aga Khan, spiritual leader of the world’s millions of Ismaili Muslims, ...
The Aga Khan, who became the spiritual leader of the world’s millions of Ismaili Muslims at age 20 as a Harvard undergraduate ...
PARIS — The Aga Khan, who became the spiritual leader of the world’s millions ... situation would have been prepared.” A defender of Islamic culture and values, he was widely regarded ...
a branch of the Shiite tradition of Islam with a following of 15 million people in 35 countries. An imam, or leader of his faith, was “not expected to withdraw from everyday life,” he once ...
The Aga Khan Prince Karim Al Hussaini, the spiritual leader of the world’s Ismaili Muslims, has died. He was 88 years old.