The Aga Khan became the spiritual leader of the world's millions of Ismaili Muslims at age 20. He visited Houston in 2018 and his foundation built the Ismaili Jamath-khana and Center in Sugar Land.

I had been bracing myself for this news. His Highness Prince Karim al-Hussaini Aga Khan IV was 88 and reportedly in poor health. For nearly 68 years, he had served as the spiritual leader of the ...

The Ismaili community’s website said he was born on Dec. 13, 1936, in Creux-de-Genthod, near Geneva, the son of Joan Yarde-Buller and Aly Khan, and spent part of his childhood in Nairobi, Kenya ...

Omar Samji, a spokesperson for the Ismaili Council for the U.S.A, based in Houston, said the death of the Aga Khan IV and the announcement of his successor, the Aga Khan V, is both sad and joyous ...

Rahim Al-Hussaini, 53, was designated as the Aga Khan V, the 50th hereditary imam of the Ismaili Muslims, in his father’s will. Joel Saget / AFP - Getty Images file Feb. 5, 2025, 11:18 PM EST ...

Prince Amyn Aga Khan, left, and Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner participate in a tree-planting ceremony at the site of the under-construction Ismaili Center Houston on Monday, Oct. 23, 2023.

Rahim Al-Hussaini was named Wednesday as the new Aga Khan, spiritual leader of the world’s millions of Ismaili Muslims, following the death of his father.

The Aga Khan, who became the spiritual leader of the world’s millions of Ismaili Muslims at age 20 and then evolved into a business magnate and philanthropist, died Tuesday.

Considered by followers to be a direct descendant of the Prophet Muhammad, His Highness Prince Karim Aga Khan IV was a student when his grandfather picked him to lead the Shia Ismaili Muslim diaspora.

The Ismaili community’s website said he was born on Dec. 13, 1936, in Creux-de-Genthod, near Geneva, the son of Joan Yarde-Buller and Aly Khan, and spent part of his childhood in Nairobi, ...

The Aga Khan Foundation announced on its website that Karim Al-Hussaini, the 49th hereditary imam of the Shia Ismaili Muslims, died on Tuesday in Portugal, surrounded by his family.