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Shah Karim Al-Husseini Aga Khan IV (1936–) is the forty-ninth hereditary Imam (spiritual leader) of the Shia Imami Ismaili Muslims.
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Shah Karim Al-Husseini Aga Khan IV is the 49th hereditary Imam (spiritual leader) of the Shia Imami Ismaili Muslims, a diverse group of Muslims who currently reside in over 25 countries with a large concentration in South Asia. He traces his direct lineage to the Prophet of Islam, Muḥammad, through the Prophet’s daughter Fāṭima and his son-in-law and cousin, ‘Alī ibn Abī Ṭālib, the first Imam of Shia Muslims. The Aga Khan succeeded his grandfather, Sir Sultan Mahomed Shah Aga Khan III, to the office of Ismaili Imamat on July 11, 1957.
Born on December 13, 1936, in Geneva, the Aga Khan attended Le Rosey School in Switzerland and went on to Harvard University for his undergraduate education, where he concentrated in Islamic history. The term Aga Khan,...
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Aga Khan (1976) Presidential address at the international Seerat conference. http://www.iis.ac.uk/view_article.asp?ContentID=101444. Accessed 23 Oct 2013
Aga Khan (2006) Remarks by his highness the Aga Khan on the occasion of the signing of the funding agreement for the global centre for pluralism. http://www.akdn.org/Content/609/Signing-of-the-Funding-Agreement-for-the-Global-Centre-for-Pluralism-in-Ottawa. Accessed 18 Aug 2013
Aga Khan (2009) Speech by his highness the Aga Khan at the global philanthropy forum. http://www.akdn.org/Content/736/Global-Philanthropy-Forum-Washington-DC. Accessed 18 Aug 2013
Aga Khan (2013) Speech by his highness the Aga Khan at the UNESCO conference on culture and development in Hangzhou, China. http://www.akdn.org/Content/1180. Accessed 18 Aug 2013
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Khoja-Moolji, S. (2018). Karim Al-Husseini, Shah, Aga Khan IV. In: Kassam, Z.R., Greenberg, Y.K., Bagli, J. (eds) Islam, Judaism, and Zoroastrianism. Encyclopedia of Indian Religions. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-024-1267-3_1956
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