His Highness Prince Karim Aga Khan IV, the 49th hereditary Imam of the Shia Ismaili Muslims and founder of the Aga Khan ...

These ceremonies, held in Nairobi, Dar es Salaam, Kampala, Karachi, Dhaka, and Bombay [ now Mumbai], saw the Aga Khan receive the symbolic Sword of Justice, followed by the signet ring.

including Bangladesh, Tajikistan and Afghanistan, where he spent tens of millions of dollars for development of local economies. The extent of the Aga Khan's financial empire is hard to measure.

The Aga Khan, imam of the Ismaili Muslims and head of a major development aid foundation, died Tuesday in Lisbon at the age of 88, his foundation announced. He was the founder and president of the ...