(ANALYSIS) Prince Karim Aga Khan, who died on Feb. 4, served as the religious leader of Ismaili Muslims around the world since being appointed as the 49th hereditary imam in 1957. He came to be known ...

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Sultan Muhammad Shah, better known as Aga Khan III, succeeded his father upon his death in 1885. He was raised not only as the leader of the Ismaili Islam sect, but also as a child of the world, ...

(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.

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