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 ...

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

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

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 ...

Sir Sultan Mahomed Shah, Aga Khan III, in 1957 at age 20. The Aga Khan III also passed down his interest in the Thoroughbred breed, having participated in the industry himself since the early 1900s.

Prince Shah Karim Al Hussaini Aga Khan IV, a champion of pluralism and the spiritual leader of the Ismaili Muslim community for nearly 68 years, died earlier this month. Earlier this month, I was on ...

The title of Aga Khan was first bestowed upon Hasan Ali Shah (1804-1881), the 46th Imam of the Nizari Ismailis, by the Iranian king Fath-Ali Shah Qajar in the 19th century. Many years later ...

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 proposal to rename Olbia Airport is still under review, and no specific date for its final approval has been set. If approved, the change will serve as a lasting symbol of Aga Khan IV’s impact on ...

The Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN), set up by Shah Karim, is an NGO composed of several different agencies, all with the aim of improving the quality of life around the world through development.