At just 20 years old and studying at Harvard, he succeeded his grandfather as the 49th hereditary imam of the Shia Ismaili ...

People carry the coffin of Prince Karim al-Hussaini, the Aga Khan IV and 49th hereditary imam of the Shiite Ismaili Muslims, who died Feb. 4 in Portugal, to be buried at the Aga Khan mausoleum ...

[AFP] The Aga Khan, imam of the Ismaili Muslims and head of a major development aid foundation, died Tuesday in Lisbon at the age of 88, his foundation announced. He was the founder and president ...

There are around 25 Ismaili communities in 25 countries in Asia, Africa, the Middle East, North America and Europe today. It has been 50 years since the present Aga Khan became Imam, and many of these ...

“To mark the accession of Prince Rahim Al-Hussaini Aga Khan as the fiftieth hereditary Imam of the Shi’a Ismaili Muslim community, and in accordance with long-standing tradition, it has ...