“The Imam is dead, long live the Imam!” With these words, Prince Aly Khan, the man who would have been Imam, embraced his son ...

In his inaugural address, he “pledged to dedicate his life to care for the spiritual and material well-being of the Ismaili ...

Prince Karim later became widely recognised as Aga Khan IV, serving as the 49th Imam of the Shia Ismaili Muslims. Tanzanian ...

The Aga Khan IV was often referred to as a philanthropist, but the description ignores the spiritual impetus for his work.

An imam, or leader of his faith, was “not expected to withdraw from everyday life,” he once said after becoming the Aga Khan. “On the contrary, he’s expected to protect his community and ...

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

Prince Karim Aga Khan IV, leader of the Nizari Ismaili community, passed away, but India’s government did not issue a ...

His charities ran hundreds of hospitals, educational and cultural projects, largely in the developing world OBITUARY | ...

An urbane but almost mythical figure who saw no contradiction between his life’s religious and secular aspects ...

PARIS (AP) — The Aga Khan, who became the spiritual leader of the world’s millions of Ismaili Muslims at age 20 as a Harvard ...

Prince Karim Aga Khan IV, the 49th hereditary Imam of the Ismaili Muslims, was laid to rest in Aswan, Egypt, on Sunday during ...