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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).
The Aga Khan Palace was built by Sultan Muhammed Shah Aga Khan III in the city of Pune, India.. The palace was an act of charity by the spiritual leader of the Nizari Ismaili Muslims, who wanted to help the poor in the neighbouring areas of Pune, who were drastically hit by famine by offering them work. [1]
Prince Karim Al-Hussaini, the Aga Khan IV and 49th hereditary imam of the Shiite Ismaili Muslims, died at his home in Lisbon, Portugal on Tuesday. He was 88 years old.
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).
Prince Rahim al-Hussaini, left, Aga Khan V, attends the burial of his father Aga Khan IV, the 49th imam and spiritual leader of Shia Ismaili Muslims, in Egypt's southern city of Aswan on February ...
The Aga Khan Trust for Culture was key to the restoration of the Humayun's Tomb site in Delhi. There is an annual Aga Khan Award for Architecture. And he founded the Nation Media Group, which has ...
Rahim Al-Hussaini was named Wednesday as the new Aga Khan, spiritual leader of the world’s millions of Ismaili Muslims, following the death of his father. The 53-year-old was designated as the ...
The Aga Khan III's wife, Begum Om Habibeh Aga Khan, commissioned the construction of the mausoleum, which initially accepted tourists inside; however, the interior was closed off to the public in 1997. [2] A red rose is laid on the Aga Khan III's tomb every day – a practice first started by Begum Om Habibeh Aga Khan. [3]