Hussaini, the new spiritual leader of Ismaili Muslims, was named as the successor to his father, who died at 88.

Prince Karim, 88, was given the title of “His Highness” by Queen Elizabeth in July 1957, two weeks after his grandfather, the ...

His Highness Prince Al-Hussaini Aga Khan 1V, who passed away this week, was a visionary with ...

Hussaini, the Aga Khan IV and 49th hereditary imam of the Shiite Ismaili Muslims, buried at the Aga Khan mausoleum, in Aswan, Egypt ...

Prince Rahim Al-Hussaini was named the 50th hereditary Imam, or spiritual leader, of Ismaili Muslims on Wednesday after the will of his late father Prince Karim Aga Khan IV was unsealed, the Aga Khan ...

was named the Aga Khan V as the new leader of Ismaili Muslims, a branch of Shiite Islam with about 15 million followers concentrated in Central Asia, Iran, Pakistan and East Africa. Born Prince ...

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 ...

Prince Rahim Aga Khan V has been named the 50th hereditary Imam of the Shia Ismaili Muslims, succeeding his late father, Prince Karim Aga Khan IV. In keeping with the historical tradition ...

The Aga Khan's development network ran programmes in Asia and Africa — FRANCOIS GUILLOT The Aga Khan, imam of the Ismaili Muslims and head of a major development aid network, has died in Lisbon at the ...

He used his grandfather’s inheritance to build the Aga Khan Development Network, which channels $1bn annually into projects in 30 countries, mostly in Africa and Asia. Its interests include ...

How the Aga Khan came to establish East Africa’s largest media house is also the story of a man who saw an opportunity to give a newly independent nation its voice. “But in the unruly ...