The Aga Khan IV was laid to rest on Sunday at a private ceremony in ... "When his will was opened, it was found that he had requested to be buried in Aswan near his grandfather, Sultan Muhammad Shah, ...

When his grandfather Sir Sultan Mahomed Shah Aga Khan died in 1957, he became the imam of the Ismaili Muslims, a branch of Shia Islam, at the age of 20. As Aga Khan – derived from Turkish and ...

Yet the Aga Khan IV was only 20, an undergraduate at Harvard, when his grandfather, Sultan Muhammad Shah Aga Khan III, appointed him to the role. Nobody lives forever. In fact, in virtually every ...

A direct descendant of the Prophet Muhammad, Khan was the founder and chairman of the Aga Khan Development Network.

The name Aga Khan was spoken frequently in our house as my maternal grandfather had done legal work for Sir Sultan and his son Aly Solomon in pre-partition Bombay and Poona. The founder of ...

Prince Karim Al-Hussaini, Aga Khan IV, the spiritual leader of the Ismaili sect of Shia Muslims and one of the world's leading Thoroughbred owners and breeders, died Tuesday in Lisbon, Portugal.

The Nations’ Cup at the Dublin Horse Show was established with help of the late Sultan Muhammed Shah Aga Khan. Non-Muslims generally knew him better for what appeared to be a jet-set lifestyle ...

The Aga Khan, a business magnate ... it was found that he had requested to be buried in Aswan near his grandfather, Sultan Muhammad Shah, and his grandmother, Om Habiba," said Major General ...

Aswan also holds a historical significance for the Aga Khan family as it pays homage to the Fatimid dynasty, from which the Ismaili Imams trace their lineage. With the burial of Aga Khan IV in ...

The Ismailis are a Shia Muslim sect. He had led the community since 1957, when his grandfather Sir Sultan Mahomed Shah, or Aga Khan III, had named him as successor, passing over his father.

The Aga Khan IV was laid to rest on Sunday at a private ... it was found that he had requested to be buried in Aswan near his grandfather, Sultan Muhammad Shah, and his grandmother, Om Habiba ...