Thanks to his grandfather’s will, he was hailed as the “Imam of the Atomic Age”. He passed away in Lisbon, Portugal, on February 4, and was buried at the Mausoleum of Aga Khan in Egypt ...

The accession ceremony of Prince Rahim al-Hussaini Aga Khan V as the 50th hereditary Imam of the Shia Ismaili Muslims was held on Tuesday, February 11, in Lisbon, Portugal. The private religious ...

Prince Karim Aga Khan IV, the 49th hereditary imam of the Shia Ismaili Muslims, claimed direct descent from the Prophet Muhammad through his daughter Hazrat Bibi Fatima and his son-in-law Hazrat ...

Al-Hussaini is now Aga Khan V, a title given to the 50th imam of the Nizari Ismaili branch of Shia Islam. Although the Ismaili Muslim community is estimated to include only 12 to 15 million people, ...

LAHORE: Governor Punjab Sardar Saleem Haider Khan, accompanied by senior PPP leader, Hassan Murtaza, visited the Jamat Khana of the late Prince Karim Aga Khan in Lahore, where he offered “Fateha ...

The more concrete evidence of the formation of a distinct community can be traced back to the British colonial period The death of Karim Al-Hussaini Aga Khan IV, the 49th Imam of Ismaili Muslims ...

as 50th Imam of the Shia Ismaili Muslims. In the special messages the both leaders expressed hope that Prince Rahim Aga Khan will carry forward the mission of development and the welfare of humanity ...

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 ...