(THE CONVERSATION) Prince Karim Aga Khan, who died on Feb. 4, 2025, served as the religious leader of Ismaili Muslims around the world since being appointed as the 49th hereditary imam in 1957.

PARIS (AP) — The Aga Khan, who became the spiritual leader of the world’s millions of Ismaili Muslims at age 20 as a Harvard undergraduate and poured a material empire built on billions of ...

Aga Khan invested where others hesitatedIt is against this background that the Ismaili community founded the first multiracial educational centre in Mombasa in 1918, precisely to dismantle an ...

ASWAN, Egypt — (AP) — The Aga Khan IV was laid to rest on Sunday at a private ceremony in Aswan, Egypt. The death of Prince Karim — the 49th hereditary imam of the Shiite Ismaili Muslims ...

Prince Rahim Al-Hussaini Aga Khan V has been named the 50 th spiritual leader of the Shia Ismaili Muslims. [Courtesy] Prince Rahim Al-Hussaini Aga Khan V has been named the 50 th hereditary ...

Prince Karim Aga Khan IV, the spiritual leader of some 15 million Ismaili Muslims worldwide ... regardless of faith or background; establishing institutions that would endure long after his ...

OTTAWA - The Aga Khan, the spiritual leader of the world’s Ismaili Muslims, has died at the age of 88. A post on social media from the Aga Khan Development Network says he passed away peacefully ...

The spiritual leader of the Shia Ismaili Muslims and founder of the AKDN. Born in Geneva, Switzerland, on Dec 13, 1936, he ...