The funeral ceremony for His Highness Prince Karim al-Hussaini Aga Khan IV will take place on Saturday at the Ismaili Centre in Lisbon, Portugal. The ceremony, which starts at 11am, will be open ...

The King has granted the new Aga Khan the title “His Highness”, Buckingham Palace has announced. Charles is continuing a long-standing royal tradition of bestowing the title on the spiritual l ...

It has been 50 years since the present Aga Khan became Imam, and many of these areas have undergone significant political and economic changes. As the 49th Hereditary Imam (spiritual leader) of the ...

He was the founder and president of the Aga Khan Development Network, which employs 96,000 people and finances development programmes, particularly in Asia and Africa. "His Highness Prince Karim ...

Queen Elizabeth II granted the Aga Khan IV the nonhereditary title "His Highness" two weeks later, reflecting the "close ties between the two dynasties, bonded in a shared fascination with fine ...

His Highness Agha Khan on completion of his 65 years of leadership of the community. In a letter addressed to the Agha Khan, the President said under his visionary leadership, the Aga Khan Development ...

President Daniel Arap Moi chats with His Highness the Aga Khan in October 1986. His full name was quite mouthful and could hardly ring a bell to many; His Highness Prince Karim Al-Hussaini Aga ...

I was intrigued and inquisitive to learn who the Aga Khan was and what importance he served. Cultural and spiritual leaders ...

He was 88. His Aga Khan Development Network and the Ismaili religious community announced that His Highness Prince Karim al-Hussaini, the Aga Khan IV and 49th hereditary imam of the Shia Ismaili ...

"Each Ismaili person must decide for himself on questions of Communism and Arabism" declared His Highness the Aga Kahn to a panel of newsmen on the CBS program "Face The Nation" at 5:30 p.m ...

He owned stables, stud farms and an auction house, his horses winning many of the great races across seven decades. AFP look at five things about the Aga Khan's sporting world. - Winter Olympian ...

"Leaders and staff of the Aga Khan Development Network offer our condolences to the family of His Highness and to the Ismaili community worldwide," said the network on its website. "As we honour ...