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Aga Khan IV skiing for Iran at the 1964 Winter Olympics. Aga Khan IV was born in Geneva, Switzerland, on 13 December 1936, as Prince Karim, the eldest son of Prince Aly Khan (1911–1960) and his first wife, Princess Taj-ud-dawlah Aga Khan, formerly Joan Yarde-Buller (1908–1997).
Aga Khan (Persian: آقاخان; Arabic: آغا خان; also transliterated as Aqa Khan and Agha Khan) [1] is a title held by the Imām of the Nizari Ismāʿīli Shias. From 1957 to 2025, the holder of the title was the 49th Imām, Prince Shah Karim al-Husseini, Aga Khan IV (1936–2025).
Relatives of Prince Karim Al-Hussaini, the Aga Khan IV and 49th hereditary imam of the Shiite Ismaili Muslims, who died Tuesday in Portugal, walk during a funeral ceremony at the Aga Khan ...
Prince Rahim Aga Khan was born on 12 October 1971, in Geneva, Switzerland. He is the eldest son and second oldest of three children born to the Aga Khan IV (Prince Karim Al-Husseini) and his first wife Princess Salimah Aga Khan (née Sarah Croker-Poole), a British former model. [1] [2] [3] [4]
The late Prince Karim Al-Hussaini Aga Khan IV, who died on Tuesday in Lisbon after nearly seven decades as the spiritual leader of the global Ismaili Muslim community, will be buried in Egypt on ...
The Noorani family is a term used to refer to the immediate family of the Imām of the Nizari Ismāʿīli Shia Muslims, commonly known by the title of Aga Khan. [1] By convention and custom its members and descendants in the male line are titled Prince and Princess, and as such it can be regarded as a royal family, although only the Aga Khan himself, as its head, is entitled to be referred to ...
Prince Karim Aga Khan succeeded his grandfather as Imam of the Ismaili Muslims in 1957 at the age of 20. He died surrounded by family in Lisbon, Portugal, which is the seat of the Isamili Imamat.
Aly Muhammad Aga Khan was born on 7 March 2000, in Paris, France. His father, the Nizari Ismailis Imam Karim Aga Khan, was the founder and chairman of the Aga Khan Development Network. His mother, Gabriele Renate Homey, a member of the Thyssen family, is a lawyer of German descent. [2]