The Aga Khan was the spiritual leader of about 12 million people from the Ismaili sect of Islam, having inherited his title ...

Aga Khan IV, the spiritual leader and friend of late Queen Elizabeth, has passed away at the age of 88. A notice on the ...

The funeral of Aga Khan IV, the 49th hereditary imam of the Shiite Ismaili community, and a notable supporter of Irish horse racing, was taken place in Lisbon on Saturday.Canadian Prime Minister ...

LISBON, (Portugal): It is with great sadness that the Diwan of the Ismaili Imamat announces that His Highness Prince Karim Al-Hussaini Aga Khan ... by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II in 1957 ...

Prince Karim al-Husayni, the hereditary spiritual Imam of the Shia Imami Ismaili Muslims, was also a close friend of the late Queen Elizabeth and King Charles. Indeed, when the Aga Khan IV passed away ...

It said: "His Highness Prince Karim Al-Hussaini, Aga Khan IV, 49th hereditary Imam of the Ismaili community, passed away peacefully in Lisbon on 4 February 2025, aged 88, surrounded by his family.

Prince Karim, 88, was given the title of “His Highness” by Queen Elizabeth in July 1957, two weeks after his grandfather, the Aga Khan III, unexpectedly made him heir to the family’s 1,300-year ...

In July 1957, when his grandfather Sir Sultan Mahomed Shah, the Aga Khan III, unexpectedly designated Karim his successor—bypassing his other descendants—the Queen gave him the nonhereditary title of ...