The Aga Khan IV was laid to rest on Sunday at a private ceremony in Aswan, Egypt. The death of Prince Karim – the 49th ...

The first to hold the title of Aga Khan was his great-great-grandfather, Hasan Ali Shah Mahallati, the 46th Nizari Ismaili imam. He was granted the title by Fath Ali Shah, Qajar monarch of Iran.

By bnm Tehran bureau Prince Rahim al-Hussaini has been named the new Aga Khan, becoming spiritual leader of 15mn Ismaili ...

The Aga Khan IV was laid to rest on Sunday at a private ... to be buried in Aswan near his grandfather, Sultan Muhammad Shah, and his grandmother, Om Habiba," said Maj. Gen. Ismail Kamal.

ASWAN, Egypt (AP) — The Aga Khan IV was laid to rest on Sunday at ... to be buried in Aswan near his grandfather, Sultan Muhammad Shah, and his grandmother, Om Habiba,” said Maj.

Sultan Muhammad Shah, and his grandmother, Om Habiba,” said Maj. Gen. Ismail Kamal. PHOTOS: Aga Khan, the leader of Ismaili Muslims, laid to rest in Egypt during private burial ceremony Ismaili ...

His grandfather, Sultan Mohammed Shah Aga Khan III, passed away ... He, however, skied for Iran at a Winter Olympics. One of his first projects was the Aga Khan Platinum Jubilee Hospital in ...

The Aga Khan IV was often referred to as a philanthropist, but the description ignores the spiritual impetus for his work.

It was during the first Anglo-Afghan war (1841-42) when Hasan Ali Shah, the first Aga ... Khan the official imam of the Isma‘ilis. Isma‘ilis were dispersed throughout Africa, India, and Iran ...