At the age of 20, Prince Karim Al-Hussaini inherited the reins of a Shia Muslim lineage and used his entrepreneurship to ...
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 ...
The Aga Khan IV then took control of the Thoroughbred operation in 1960 following the death of his father. He earned France's ...
Hussaini, the Aga Khan IV, died on February 4 in Lisbon, Portugal at age 88. As founder and chairman of the Aga Khan ...
The late Prince Karim Al-Hussaini Aga Khan IV, who died on Tuesday in Lisbon after nearly seven decades as the spiritual ...
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 - was ...
Considered by his followers to be a direct descendant of the Prophet Muhammad, the Aga Khan was a business magnate​ and ...
As leader of a branch of Shiite Islam, the Aga Khan mixed business projects and humanitarian initiatives as he built a ...