Find more facts and information on our topic page about
Aga Khan
Aga Khan
Aga Khan The title of the imam or leader of the Nizari sect of Ismaili Muslims. The first Aga Khan was given his title in 1818 by the shah of Persia, subsequently moving with the majority of the Nizaris to the Indian subcontinent. The present (4th) Aga Khan ( Karim Al-Hussain Shah (1937– ), born in Geneva) inherited the title from his grandfather in 1957. The title of Aga Khan (which comes from the Turkish words for master and ruler) carries with it responsibility for various services and welfare provisions for members of the Nizari community.
Cite this article
Pick a style below, and copy the text for your bibliography.
|
Review of 2007: this year the Aga Khan celebrated his 70th birthday and his golden jubilee as spiritual leader of Ismaili Muslims. His extraordinary investment in arts and architecture includes plans for a museum of Islamic art.(Prince Karim Aga Khan IV )
Magazine article from: Apollo; 12/1/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...the activities of the Aga Khan Development Network...played a key role in the Aga Khans activities. Together...structured to reflect the Aga Khans belief in the interconnectedness...the director of the Aga Khan Trust for Culture (AKTC...
|
|
Throne of Gold: The Lives of the Aga Khans.
Magazine article from: The Journal of the American Oriental Society; 10/1/1996; ; 700+ words
; ...the honorific title of Aga Khan from the contemporary...lives and careers of the Aga Khans, the Nizari Isma ili...the activities of Aga Khan IV. Anne Edwards's...context within which the Aga Khans as imams have unified...
|
|
Ismaili community celebrate Golden Jubilee of Aga Khan.
News Wire article from: PPI - Pakistan Press International; 7/10/2007; 521 words
; ...as a tribute to the Aga Khans humanitarian work. In the past 50 years, the Aga Khan Development Networks contribution...monumental project of the Aga Khans Imamat was the founding...university in 1983 -- the Aga Khan University and the Aga...
|
|
|
Aga Khan University strives for excellence in all its endeavours: Soomro.
News Wire article from: PPI - Pakistan Press International; 12/2/2006; 700+ words
; ...Chancellor His Highness the Aga Khan. We need to create qualified...very highly appreciative of Aga Khans commitment to Pakistan. Hisvision...many who are less priviliged. Aga Khan Development Network, which Aga Khan heads and of which AKU...
|
|
Aga Khan council delegation call on Chief Adviser.
News Wire article from: UNB - United News of Bangladesh; 5/17/2007; 439 words
; ...would set up a standard Aga Khan educational institution...the 50th anniversary of Aga Khans leadership would be celebrated...the spiritual leader of Aga Khan community would visit Bangladesh...The delegation included Aga Khan Foundation chief executive...
|
|
Aga Khan ends 8-day tour of the US visits Georgia to promote education program
News Wire article from: AP Worldstream; 4/19/2008; ; 700+ words
; The Aga Khan, billionaire philanthropist and spiritual...anniversary in Atlanta this week and the Aga Khan addressed the organization as its speaker...old leader _ also known as Prince Karim Aga Khan IV _ succeeded his grandfather, Sir Sultan...
|
|
Aga Khan Development Network launches web site to provide information on the activities of the development agencies created by His Highness the Aga Khan.
M2 Presswire; 6/29/2000; 691 words
; M2 PRESSWIRE-29 June 2000-Aga Khan Development Network: Aga Khan Development Network launches web site to provide...the development agencies created by His Highness the Aga Khan (C)1994-2000 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE...
|
|
Aga Khan, Jet-Setting on a Higher Plane
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 1/26/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...50 years, Prince Karim Aga Khan IV has striven to overcome...Africa, the 68-year-old Aga Khan is the 49th hereditary...which they live. The Aga Khan is among those "helping...worthy of our past." The Aga Kahn will turn 70 in 2007...
|
|
Aga Khan, Prime Minister to review progress of University of Central Asia in Naryn.
News Wire article from: AKIpress News Agency; 11/5/2008; 700+ words
; His Highness the Aga Khan, Imam (spiritual leader) of the Shia...district of Osh Oblast). His Highness the Aga Khan completed his 50th year as the 49th hereditary...and Tajikistan, and His Highness the Aga Khan. The International Treaty and Charter...
|
|
AGA KHAN DEVELOPMENT NETWORK LAUNCHES WEB SITE TO PROVIDE INFORMATION ON THE ACTIVITIES OF THE DEVELOPMENT AGENCIES CREATED BY HIS HIGHNESS THE AGA KHAN.
PR Newswire; 6/30/2000; 562 words
; ...release is transmitted on behalf of The Aga Khan Development Network. Geneva, Switzerland...created since 1967 by His Highness the Aga Khan. It is the only authorised source...accurate and up-to-date news on the Aga Khan's development work on the World...
|
|
Aga Khan
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
...Shah (1800-1881) had the title Aga Khan bestowed on him for his services...whose daughter he married. The Aga Khans thus have the status of princes of the royal house of Persia. Aga Khan I rebelled against Fath Ali's successor...
|
|
Aga Muhammad Khan
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Aga Muhammad Khan or Agha Muhammad Khan , 1742-97, shah of Persia, founder of the Qajar dynasty. He...campaign with a wholesale massacre in Kerman. He became shah in 1796. Aga Muhammad resisted a Russian invasion and himself invaded (1795...
|
|
|
Karim Khan
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Karim Khan , d. 1779, ruler of Persia (1750-79), founder of...independent. One of them was the Qajars; from them was to come Aga Muhammad Khan , who overthrew (1794) Lutf Ali Khan, the last ruler of the Zand dynasty.
|
|
|
Agha Muhammad Khan
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Agha Muhammad Khan see Aga Muhammad Khan .
|
|
Architecture
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East and North Africa
...affects the very design process. It "became, as the Aga Khan said, an instinctive manner of expression for any architect designing anywhere in the Islamic world" (The Aga Khan, 1979, cited by Kultermann, p.4). Old principles...
|
