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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).
Shah Karim al-Husayni Aga Khan IV (lived 1936–2025; reigned 1957–2025) Rahim al-Hussaini Aga Khan V (1971–; reign 2025–present) The Qasimi Ismaili imams has used the Aga Khan title since 1817.
The two most recent Nizari Ismaili Imams titled Aga Khan III and Aga Khan IV have replaced the obligation to perform the daily prayers from five times a day to three times a day by following the Quranic injunction rather than following Muhammad's custom (hadith and sunnah), in order to ease the religious pressures on the Muslim in the modern world.
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 national. [1] [2] [3] [4]
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 ...
Aga Khan III was succeeded as Aga Khan by his grandson Karim Aga Khan, who succeeded him as Imam of the Ismaili Muslims. At the time of his death on 11 July 1957, he was surrounded by his family members in Versoix. His last words were repeating the verses of the Quran. [53]
Aga Khan may refer to: Aga Khan, the hereditary title of the Imam (spiritual and general leader) of the Ismaili Nizārī Muslims Aga Khan I (1804–1881), the first Aga Khan, and 46th Imam; Aga Khan II (1830–1885), the second Aga Khan and 47th Imam; Aga Khan III (1877–1957), the third Aga Khan and 48th Imam; Aga Khan IV (1936–2025), the ...