(The Conversation) — Prince Karim Aga Khan, who died on Feb. 4, 2025, served as the religious leader of Ismaili Muslims around the world since being appointed as the 49th hereditary imam in 1957.

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 ...

On Saturday, a private funeral service took place at the Ismaili community center in Lisbon ... Prophet Muhammad and is treated as a head of state. The governor of Aswan welcomed Prince Karim ...

The Ismaili community’s website said the late ... a direct descendant of the Prophet Muhammad and treated as a head of state, he was a student when his grandfather named him as successor to ...

Prince Karim Aga Khan at an event on Oct. 2, 2019, in London. Max Mumby/Indigo/Getty Images ...

The Aga Khan IV has been laid to rest in Egypt in a private ceremony. The governor of Aswan welcomed Prince Karim’s family at the southern Egyptian’s provinces airport ahead of the burial service on ...

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