Prince Karim Aga Khan IV, the 49th hereditary imam of the Shia Ismaili Muslims, claimed direct descent from the Prophet Muhammad through ... help of the late Sultan Muhammed Shah Aga Khan.

The family traces their descent directly from Prophet Muhammad and the Aga Khan is treated as a head of state. The late Aga Khan III was very ... upon Hasan Ali Shah (1804-1881), the 46th Imam ...

He was the grandson of Aga Khan-III, Sir Sultan Mahomed Shah, a statesman who had played a vital role in the creation of Pakistan, being the first president of the All-India Muslim League in 1906.

Egyptian officials are now hopeful that the recent burial of Aga Khan IV in the mausoleum's tomb in the city of Aswan will ...

“A direct descendant of Prophet Muhammad through his daughter ... Imam—Prince Karim Aga Khan inherited the Imamat from his grandfather, Sir Sultan Mahomed Shah Aga Khan III, in 1957 at the age of 20,” ...

Sir Sultan Mahomed Shah Aga Khan III at the latter’s passing in 1957 to the office of the Imamat. His ambitions to continue his education were temporarily deferred set aside to take on the spiritual ...

Aswan also holds a historical significance for the Aga Khan family as it pays homage to the Fatimid dynasty, from which the ...

The Aga Khan IV has been laid to rest in Egypt in a private ceremony. The governor of Aswan welcomed Prince Karim’s family at ...

He was bestowed the title of “His Highness” by Queen Elizabeth in 1957, shortly after his grandfather, Aga Khan III, unexpectedly named him heir to the Ismaili Muslim sect, a lineage spanning ...