The more concrete evidence of the formation of a distinct community can be traced back to the British colonial period ...

The title of Aga Khan was first bestowed upon Hasan Ali Shah (1804-1881), the 46th Imam of the Nizari Ismailis, by the Iranian king Fath-Ali Shah Qajar in the 19th century. Many years later ...

Aga Khan IV, who died in Lisbon at the age of 88, asked to be buried in the tomb of his grandfather, Sultan Mahomed Shah Aga Khan III, the 48th imam of Ismaili Muslims, in Aswan. A high-level funeral ...

The title of Aga Khan is a hereditary one that was granted by the shah of Persia in 1817 to the 46th Ismaili imam and continues to be used to this day. Prince Karim was a well-known name in the world ...

“A direct descendant of Prophet Muhammad through his daughter, Hazrat Bibi Fatima, and son-in-law, Hazrat Ali—the fourth Rightly Guided Caliph and first Shia Imam—Prince Karim Aga Khan inherited the ...

(Photo by Arup1981 / CC BY-SA 3.0) Rahim Al-Hussaini, the son of Aga Khan IV, who passed away on ... Like Twelver Shi'ism, which is predominant in Iran, Iraq, and Azerbaijan, Ismailis recognize ...

The mosque is listed as a Protected Monument under the Department of Archaeology and Heritage and locals urge restoration and ...

the Aga Khan IV at the age of 20, dramatically succeeded his grandfather, Sir Sultan Mahomed Shah Aga Khan III at the latter’s passing in 1957 to the office of the Imamat. His ambitions to continue ...