On 4th February 2025, His Highness Prince Karim Al-Husseini Aga Khan IV passed away at his residence in Lisbon, Portugal. He had served as the 49th hereditary Imam of the Shia Nizari Ismaili ...
Today, at the Aga Khan University convocation ceremony in Uganda, attendees applauded the contributions of the University’s Founder and first Chancellor, the late His Highness the Aga Khan IV.
Princess Zahra Aga Khan, the eldest daughter of the late Aga Khan IV, will today begin her East Africa tour in Uganda, demonstrating the Aga Khan family’s commitment to the region. Her visit ...
He praised the late Aga Khan IV’s significant contributions to humanity and his efforts in promoting sustainable development. The late Aga Khan IV was a symbol of tolerance, development and ...
His Highness Karim Aga Khan IV – widely regarded as a builder of bridges between Muslim societies and the West – secured refuge for roughly 7,000 Ismaili Muslims in Canada with the help of ...
Amongst the many acts of patronage that marked the age of Aga Khan IV was the creation of the Aga Khan Development Network, described as “the largest private development network in the world”.
With the burial of Aga Khan IV in Aswan, Egypt now holds the mausoleums of two Ismaili spiritual leaders.
Al-Hussaini graduated from Brown in 1995 with a degree in comparative literature. His father, Prince Karim al-Hussaini and the late Aga Khan IV, gave a commencement speech in 1996, where he spoke ...
Prince Shah Karim Al Hussaini Aga Khan IV, a champion of pluralism and the spiritual leader of the Ismaili Muslim community for nearly 68 years, died earlier this month. Earlier this month, I was on ...
The 53-year-old was sworn in as the movement's 50th imam at a ceremony in Lisbon, where his father, Prince Karim Al Hussaini, or Aga Khan IV, died last Tuesday at the age of 88. The Aga Khan is ...
Recently the 49th Imam, Prince Shah Karim al Husseini, Aga Khan IV (revered as Mawlana Hazar Imam, by his adherents), passed away peacefully, leaving the world poorer with the loss of the rare ...