Ali, and his wife Fatima, the prophet’s daughter. The Aga Khan was a defender of Islamic culture and values and was widely regarded as a builder of bridges between Muslim societies and the West ...

who are direct descendant of Ali and Fatima. The Ismaili sect split into two branches in 1094. Aga Khan was the leader of the Nizari branch, which believes in a living imam or leader. The second ...

The Aga Khan IV has been laid to rest in Egypt in a private ceremony. The governor of Aswan welcomed Prince Karim’s family at the southern Egyptian’s provinces airport ahead of the burial service on ...

Aga Khan IV also ordained Islamia Constitution's latest version and he was believed to be a descendant of the Prophet Muhammad via his daughter Fatima and her husband Ali. He used to portray ...

President Asif Ali Zardari has left for Lisbon, Portugal to condole the death of late Prince Karim al-Hussaini Aga Khan IV. The President will meet His Highness Prince Rahim al-Hussaini Aga Khan V and ...

Prince Karim Aga Khan IV, the 49th hereditary imam of the ... his daughter Hazrat Bibi Fatima and his son-in-law Hazrat Ali, the fourth rightly guided caliph of Islam. The Ismaili sect sees ...

The title of Aga Khan was first bestowed upon Hasan Ali Shah (1804-1881), the 46th Imam of the Nizari Ismailis, by the Iranian king Fath-Ali Shah Qajar in the 19th century. Many years later ...

President Asif Ali Zardari on Monday offered condolences to Prince Rahim Al-Hussaini on the death of his father, Prince Karim Aga Khan, who passed away in Lisbon last week. An official statement ...