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 ...

His Highness Prince Karim Aga Khan IV, the 49th hereditary Imam of the Shia Ismaili Muslims and founder of the Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN), passed away peacefully in Lisbon on 4 February ...

With these words, Prince Aly Khan, the man who would have been Imam, embraced his son, the 20-year-old Prince Karim Al-Hussaini, and solemnly acknowledged his ascension as the spiritual heir and ...

His father, Prince Karim al-Hussaini and the late Aga Khan IV, gave a commencement speech in 1996, where he spoke about improving both the relationship between the Islamic world and the West and the ...

Prince Karim Al-Hussaini, the Aga Khan IV and 49th Imam of Nizari Ismaili Muslims, died February 4 in Lisbon. He was 88. The Aga Khan’s eldest son, Prince Rahim Al-Hussaini, has been designated the ...

Prince Karim was given the title of His Highness by Queen Elizabeth II in July 1957, two weeks after his grandfather, the Aga Khan III, unexpectedly made him heir to the family's 1,300-year ...

Relatives of Prince Karim Al-Hussaini, the Aga Khan IV and 49th hereditary imam of the Shiite Ismaili Muslims, who died Tuesday in Portugal, walk during a funeral ceremony at the Aga Khan ...

Prince Karim Al-Hussaini, Aga Khan IV, the 49th spiritual leader of the Ismaili community, was laid to rest at a private burial ceremony in Aswan, Egypt on Sunday.

Prince Karim Aga Khan was born in Switzerland and held British citizenship. In 1957, at age 20, he became the imam of the Ismaili Muslims, succeeding his grandfather, Sultan Mahomed Shah Aga Khan.

A coffin of Prince Karim Al-Hussaini Aga Khan IV, the spiritual leader of Ismaili Muslims, is carried into the hearse from the Ismaili Centre during his funeral in Lisbon, Portugal, February 8, 2025.

His Highness Prince Karim al-Husseaini Agha Khan IV funeral at Ismaili Community Centre in Lisbon on Feb 8, 2025. At exactly 2:02pm Kenyan time today, Prince Rahim al-Hussaini Aga Khan V, the 50th ...