When his grandfather Sir Sultan Mahomed Shah Aga Khan died in 1957, he became the imam of the Ismaili Muslims, a branch of Shia Islam, at the age of 20. As Aga Khan – derived from Turkish and ...

A direct descendant of the Prophet Muhammad, Khan was the founder and chairman of the Aga Khan Development Network.

The name Aga Khan was spoken frequently in our house as my maternal grandfather had done legal work for Sir Sultan and his son Aly Solomon in pre-partition Bombay and Poona. The founder of ...

The Aga Khan, right in top hat, with his horse Shergar after winning the Derby in 1981 Credit: PA Racing was his greatest passion. From his father, Prince Aly Khan, and his grandfather ...

Prince Karim Al-Hussaini, Aga Khan IV, the spiritual leader of the Ismaili sect of Shia Muslims and one of the world's leading Thoroughbred owners and breeders, died Tuesday in Lisbon, Portugal.

The Aga Khan, who has died at 88, became the spiritual leader of the world’s millions of Ismaili Muslims at the age of 20. He was also one of a golden age of owner-breeders for European horse racing.

The Ismailis are a Shia Muslim sect. He had led the community since 1957, when his grandfather Sir Sultan Mahomed Shah, or Aga Khan III, had named him as successor, passing over his father.

Aswan also holds a historical significance for the Aga Khan family as it pays homage to the Fatimid dynasty, from which the Ismaili Imams trace their lineage. With the burial of Aga Khan IV in ...

Prince Rahim Aga Khan V, the 50th Ismaili Imam, and family members were present, together with leaders of the global Ismaili community, said a statement from the Shia Ismaili office. Prince Karim ...

“Aswan is the final resting place of Sir Sultan Mahomed Shah Aga Khan III and his wife, Mata Salamat,” a press release from AKDN noted. The AKDN, founded by the late Prince Karim Aga Khan ...

The addition of the new runners in the late 1970s precipitated a return to racing in England for the Aga Khan, who had campaigned his runners in France to that point, with Sir Michael Stoute and ...