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 coronation of His Highness Prince Karim Al-Hussaini Aga Khan IV in Kampala, in 1957, brought to Uganda the installation ...

Rahim Al-Hussaini was named Wednesday as the new Aga Khan, spiritual leader of the world’s millions of Ismaili Muslims, ...

part of a long line of Nizari Ismaili imams that date back to the 18 th century – at least. Born into a wealthy princely family in the former Imperial State of Iran, with a colossal fortune ...

Treated as a head of state, the Aga Khan was given the title ... him heir to the family’s 1,300-year dynasty as leader of the Ismaili Muslim sect. He became the Aga Khan IV on Oct. 19, 1957 ...

The Tuesday death of the Aga Khan, the spiritual leader of the world’s millions of Ismaili Muslims, and the Wednesday announcement of his successor struck a deep chord with Houston’s sizable ...

The Ismaili community’s website said the late ... a direct descendant of the Prophet Muhammad and treated as a head of state, he was a student when his grandfather named him as successor to ...

Treated as a head of state, the Aga Khan was given the title ... him heir to the family’s 1,300-year dynasty as leader of the Ismaili Muslim sect. He became the Aga Khan IV on Oct. 19, 1957 ...

The Aga Khan is considered by his followers to be a direct descendant of the Prophet Muhammad and is treated as a head of state. The Aga Khan Development Network and the Ismaili religious ...