His lasting influence is seen in many of Hyderabad’s landmarks, including the famous Qutb Shahi tombs and the establishment of the Aga Khan Academy. In recognition of his outstanding ...

SHAH Karim Al Hussaini, better known to the world as the Aga Khan, was a prince without a physical realm. Yet he mingled with kings and presidents, and oversaw a fortune reportedly worth billions ...

listens to a speech during the inauguration of the Aga Khan Academy in Hyderabad, India, Friday, Sept. 20, 2013. (AP Photo/Mahesh Kumar A., File) FILE - The Aga Khan addresses an audience about ...

The Aga Khan, who became the spiritual leader of the world’s millions of Ismaili Muslims at age 20 as a Harvard undergraduate and poured a material empire built on billions of dollars in tithes ...

By Alan Cowell The Aga Khan IV, who as the leader of the world’s Ismaili Muslims fused entrepreneurship and philanthropy in becoming one of the world’s wealthiest hereditary rulers ...

(RNS) — The Aga Khan IV was often referred to as a philanthropist, but the description ignores the spiritual impetus for his work. (RNS) — On Tuesday (Feb. 4), Shah Karim al-Hussaini, Aga ...

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 announced Tuesday by ...

listens to a speech during the inauguration of the Aga Khan Academy in Hyderabad, India, Friday, Sept. 20, 2013. Credit: AP/Mahesh Kumar A. U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres called him “a ...

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 53-year-old was designated as the ...

Prince Rahim Aga Khan V has been named the 50th hereditary ... He was educated at Phillips Academy Andover and graduated in 1995 from Brown University with a Bachelor of Arts in Comparative ...

The Aga Khan Academy in Hyderabad, located on 100 acres, also includes a boarding school. The Aga Khan succeeded his grandfather as the 49th Imam of the Ismailis. Prince Rahim, son of the Aga Khan ...