In 1908, the British Colonial Government appointed Prof Nelson Fraser as an education adviser for East Africa. His first task was to review the prevailing socio-economic and cultural environment ...

I had been bracing myself for this news. His Highness Prince Karim al-Hussaini Aga Khan IV was 88 and reportedly in poor health. For nearly 68 years, he had served as the spiritual leader of the ...

Considered by followers to be a direct descendant of the Prophet Muhammad, His Highness Prince Karim Aga Khan IV was a student when his grandfather picked him to lead the Shia Ismaili Muslim diaspora.

Prince Karim Al-Hussaini became the Aga Khan IV and 49th hereditary iman in his family's 1,300-year-old dynasty when he was a 20-year-old student at Harvard. His grandfather, the Aga Khan III ...

Racehorse billionaire and Islamic spiritual leader the Aga Khan died on Tuesday aged 88, ... "One of the principles of Islam is that on his deathbed every person must try to leave behind a better ...

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 ...

Bhojani isn’t alone in holding the Aga Khan IV as part of his push towards public service; State Rep. Suleman Lalani, who represents part of Fort Bend County, said that a guiding principle he ...

He became the Aga Khan IV on Oct. 19, 1957, in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, on the spot where his grandfather once had his weight equaled in diamonds in gifts from his followers.