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{{short description|49th Imam of the Ismaili (born 1936)}}
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{{Infobox person
| honorific-prefix = [[His Highness]]
| name = Aga Khan IV
| honorific-suffix = [[Order of the British Empire|KBE]] [[Companion of the Order of Canada|CC]] [[Padma Vibushan|PV]] [[Nishan-e-Imtiaz|NI]] [[Nishan-e-Pakistan|NPk]] [[Military Order of Christ|GCC]] [[Order of Prince Henry|GCIH]] [[Order of Liberty|GCL]] [[Order of Merit (Portugal)|GCM]]
| title = Aga Khan IV
| image = His Highness the Aga Khan (15760993697).jpg
| caption = Aga Khan in 2014
| birth_name = Prince Karim Al-Husseini<ref name= "FIELD" >[http://heritage.ismaili.net/node/34663 His Highness the Aga Khan's interview with Henri Weill; translated from La Cohorte 2019-01-29] - website of the First Ismaili Electronic Library and Database</ref>
| native_name = {{nobold|{{lang|fa|{{script|Arab|آقا خان چهارم}}}}}}
| native_name_lang = ar
| occupation = Imam (spiritual leader), philanthropist, businessman
| citizenship = United Kingdom<br>France{{fact|date=June 2024}}<br>Switzerland{{fact|date=June 2024}}<br>Portugal<br>Canada (Honorary)|<!-- etc. -->
| module = {{Infobox royalty
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| birth_name = Shāh Karim al-Husayni
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1936|12|13}}
| birth_place = [[Geneva]], Switzerland
| succession = 49th [[Imam]] of [[Nizari]] [[Ismaili]]
| reign = 11 July 1957 – present
| reign-type = Tenure
| predecessor = [[Aga Khan III]]
| coronation = 19 October 1957<ref>{{cite web |title=1957 Aga Khan IV Ceremonial Installation: Presentation of "Sword of Justice" Signified Ismaili Imam's Role as "Defender of Faith" |url=https://simerg /special-series-his-highness-the-aga-khan-iv/1957-aga-khan-iv-ceremonial-installation-presentation-of-sword-of-justice-signified-ismaili-imams-role-as-defender-of-faith/ |website=Simerg |access-date=27 April 2019|date=8 July 2010 }}</ref>
| cor-type = Installation
| spouse = {{plainlist|
*{{marriage|[[Salimah Aga Khan|Sarah Croker Poole]]|1969|1995|end=div.}}
*{{marriage|[[Inaara Aga Khan|Gabriele Homey]]|1998|2014|end=div.}}}}
| spouse-type = Spouse
| issue = {{plainlist|
*[[Zahra Aga Khan]]
*[[Rahim Aga Khan]]
*[[Hussain Aga Khan]]
*[[Aly Muhammad Aga Khan]]}}
| house = [[Fatimid dynasty|Fatimid]]
| father = [[Prince Aly Khan]]
| mother = [[Joan Yarde-Buller|Princess Taj-ud-dawlah]]
| religion = [[Isma'ilism|Ismaili Shia Islam]]
}}
}}
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'''Prince Karim Al-Husseini'''<ref name= "FIELD" /><ref>[https:// jfklibrary.org/asset-viewer/archives/jfkwhp-1961-03-14-a#?image_identifier=JFKWHP-AR6425-A Meeting with Aga Khan IV, Prince Karim al-Husseini, 10:15AM] - website of the [[John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum]]</ref><ref>[https://abcnews.go /International/prince-karim-al-husseini-aga-khan/story?id=22819856 Who is Prince Karim Al Husseini Aga Khan?] - website of [[ABC News (United States)|ABC News]]</ref><ref>[https:// reuters /article/idUSKBN1EE2ES/ Canada's Trudeau broke ethics rules with visit to Aga Khan island] - website of [[Reuters]]</ref> ({{langx|ar|شاه كريم الحسيني|Shāh Karīm al-Ḥusaynī}}; born 13 December 1936), known as the '''Aga Khan IV''' ({{langx|fa|آقا خان چهارم|translit=Āqā Khān Chāram}})<ref name= "His Highness the Aga Khan" >{{cite web|url=http:// theismaili.org/cms/14/The-Aga-Khan |title=His Highness the Aga Khan |access-date=26 November 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111106113929/http:// theismaili.org/cms/14/The-Aga-Khan |archive-date=6 November 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Aga Khan IV |url=https:// britannica /biography/Aga-Khan-IV |access-date=16 December 2019 |publisher=Encyclopædia Britannica}}</ref> since the death of his grandfather in 1957, is the 49th and current [[Imamah (Nizari Ismaili doctrine)|imam]] of [[Nizari Isma'ilism|Nizari Isma'ilis]]. He has held the position of Imam and the title of [[Aga Khan]] since 11 July 1957<ref>{{cite web |url=http:// agakhanfilm.org/who_is.asp |title=World View – Aga Khan |access-date=15 September 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110724225825/http:// agakhanfilm.org/who_is.asp |archive-date=24 July 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref> when, at the age of 20, he succeeded his grandfather, [[Aga Khan III]]. The Aga Khan claims direct lineal descent from the Islamic prophet [[Muhammad]] through Muhammad's cousin and son-in-law, [[Ali]],<ref name= "morrisKingship" >{{Cite journal | jstor = 3628938 | last1 = Morris | first1 = H. S. | title = The Divine Kingship of the Aga Khan: A Study of Theocracy in East Africa | journal = Southwestern Journal of Anthropology | volume = 14 | issue = 4 | pages = 454–472 | year = 1958 | doi = 10.1086/soutjanth.14.4.3628938 | s2cid = 160596479 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://ismailignosis /2016/07/09/the-aga-khans-direct-descent-from-prophet-muhammad-historical-proof/
|title=The Aga Khan's Direct Descent From Prophet Muhammad: Historical Proof
|date=9 July 2016
|publisher=Ismaili Gnosis Research Team
|access-date=9 July 2016 }}</ref> who is considered an Imam by [[Nizari Isma'ilism|Nizari Isma'ilis]], and Ali's wife [[Fatimah|Fatima]], Muhammad's daughter from his first marriage. Aga Khan IV is also known by the religious title '''Mawlānā Hazar Imam''' by his [[Isma'ili]] followers.

Ismailis gave Ali and their Imams a near-divine status.{{dubious|date=July 2024}} His grandfather, Aga Khan III, states in his memoirs that the Shias had a "need (for) Divine guidance" <ref>{{Cite book|last=Maugham Somerset W.|url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.529302|title=The Memoirs Of Aga Khan (1954)|date=1954|pages=178 - 2nd Paragraph}}</ref>{{non primary source needed|date=July 2024}} after the Prophet of Islam's death, this need being fulfilled by the Imamate. According to the Aga Khan III as mentioned in his memoirs, he has actual "Divine power, guidance, and leadership (authority)." <ref>{{Cite book|last=Maugham Somerset W.|url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.529302|title=The Memoirs Of Aga Khan (1954)|date=1954|pages=178 - 3rd Paragraph}}</ref>{{non primary source needed|date=July 2024}} The Institution of Imamate has continued to present day with the Aga Khan IV as the 49th Imam of the Ismaili Community. The Aga Khan is a business magnate with [[British citizenship|British]] and [[Portuguese citizenship]],<ref name= "ob33119" >{{cite news|date=31 March 2019|title=Portugal granted national citizenship to Prince Aga Khan|work=Observador|url=https://observador.pt/2019/03/31/portugal-atribuiu-cidadania-nacional-ao-principe-aga-khan/|access-date=16 September 2019}}</ref><ref name= "nytimesJetSet" >{{cite news|last=Zachary|first=G. Pascal|date=9 July 2007|title=The Aga Khan, a jet-setter who mixes business and Islam|newspaper=The New York Times|url=https:// nytimes /2007/07/09/business/worldbusiness/09iht-khan.4.6569846.html?pagewanted=all|url-status=live|access-date=7 December 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170818174545/http:// nytimes /2007/07/09/business/worldbusiness/09iht-khan.4.6569846.html?pagewanted=all|archive-date=18 August 2017}}</ref><ref name= "Businessman-Breeder" >{{cite book|last=Minahan|first=James|url=https://books.google /books?id=RSxt-JB-PDkC&q=aga+khan+businessman+breeder&pg=PA256|title=Miniature Empires: A Historical Dictionary of the Newly Independent States|publisher=Greenwood Press|year=1998|isbn=978-0313306105|page=256}}</ref> as well as a racehorse owner and breeder.<ref name= "Businessman-Breeder" /><ref name= "Breeder 2" >{{cite news|last=Wood|first=Greg|date=6 October 2008|title=port Horse racing Zarkava's triumph brings a new high for Aga Khan|work=The Guardian|location=London|url=https:// theguardian /sport/2008/oct/06/horseracing|url-status=live|access-date=22 April 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130930195020/http:// theguardian /sport/2008/oct/06/horseracing|archive-date=30 September 2013}}</ref>

Aga Khan's net worth has been estimated over $13.3 billion.<ref name= "vanityfair" >{{Cite magazine|date=2013-01-14|title=How the Fourth Aga Khan Balances Spiritual Muslim Leadership with a Multi-billionaire Lifestyle|url=https:// vanityfair /style/2013/02/aga-khan-spiritual-leader-multi-billionaire|access-date=2021-11-15|magazine=Vanity Fair|language=en-US}}</ref> [[Forbes magazine|''Forbes'']] describes the Aga Khan as one of the world's fifteen richest royals.<ref name= "forbes10" >{{cite news | title=World's Richest Royals | author1=Serafin, Tatiana | url=https:// forbes /2010/07/07/richest-royals-wealth-monarch-wedding-divorce-billionaire_2.html | newspaper=Forbes | date=7 July 2010 | access-date=28 March 2012 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120414045745/http:// forbes /2010/07/07/richest-royals-wealth-monarch-wedding-divorce-billionaire_2.html | archive-date=14 April 2012 | url-status=dead | df=dmy-all }}</ref> He is the founder and chairman of the [[Aga Khan Development Network]], one of the largest private development networks in the world.

Since his ascension to the Imamate of the Nizari Ismailis in 1957, the Aga Khan has been involved in complex political and economic changes which have affected his followers, including the independence of African countries from colonial rule, the [[expulsion of Asians from Uganda]], the independence of Central Asian countries such as [[Tajikistan]] from the former [[Soviet Union]] and the continuous turmoil in [[History of Afghanistan|Afghanistan]] and [[History of Pakistan|Pakistan]]. Aga Khan IV became the first faith leader to address the Joint Session of the [[Parliament of Canada]] on 27 February 2014.<ref name= "Address in Canada" >{{cite news|title=A Relationship of Mutual Respect and Admiration: His Highness the Aga Khan Becomes First Faith Leader to Address Joint Session of Canadian Parliament|url=http:// huffingtonpost /rizwan-mawani/mutual-respect-and-admiration_b_4875038.html|access-date=15 March 2014|newspaper=Huffington Post|date=3 March 2014|author=Rizwan Mawani|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140315173749/http:// huffingtonpost /rizwan-mawani/mutual-respect-and-admiration_b_4875038.html|archive-date=15 March 2014 |url-status=live}}</ref>

==Early life and education==
[[File:Aga Khan IV 1964.jpg|thumb|Aga Khan IV skiing [[Iran at the 1964 Winter Olympics|for Iran]] at the [[1964 Winter Olympics]]]]
The Aga Khan IV is the eldest son of [[Prince Aly Khan]] (1911–1960), and his first wife, Princess Taj-ud-dawlah Aga Khan, formerly [[Joan Yarde-Buller]] (1908–1997), the eldest daughter of the British peer [[John Yarde-Buller, 3rd Baron Churston]].

Born in [[Geneva]], Switzerland, on 13 December 1936, Prince Karim was declared healthy despite being born prematurely.<ref name= "Frischauer-Āgā Khāns" >{{cite book|title=The Aga Khans|last=Frischauer|first=Willi|year=1970| publisher=The Bodley Head Ltd| location=London}}</ref> His brother, [[Amyn Aga Khan]], was born less than a year later. In 1949, his parents divorced in part due to Prince Aly Khan's extramarital affairs,<ref name=AlyKhan-Affair>{{cite news|last=Harriman|first=Pamela|title=Lives and Loves: Pamela Harrima|newspaper=The Scotsman, p. S2|date=30 May 2005}}</ref> and shortly after, Prince Aly Khan married American actress [[Rita Hayworth]] – with whom he had a daughter, [[Yasmin Aga Khan|Princess Yasmin Aga Khan]], the half-sister of Aga Khan IV.

The Aga Khan IV also had a half-brother, Patrick Benjamin Guinness (1931–1965), from his mother's first marriage, as Joan Yarde-Buller was previously married to [[Thomas "Loel" Guinness|Loel Guinness]] of the banking [[Guinness family|Guinnesses]].<ref name= "sportsIll64" >{{cite news |title=Prince Karim Aga Khan |first=Paul Evan |last=Ress |url=https:// si /vault/1964/08/10/608042/prince-karim-aga-khan |magazine=Sports Illustrated |date=10 August 1964 |access-date=30 March 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180330212730/https:// si /vault/1964/08/10/608042/prince-karim-aga-khan |archive-date=30 March 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref>

Prince Karim spent his childhood in [[Nairobi]], Kenya,<ref name= "nytimesZachBusinessIslam" >G. Pascal Zachary, [https:// nytimes /2007/07/08/business/yourmoney/08khan.html "Do Business and Islam Mix? Ask Him" ] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170705160052/http:// nytimes /2007/07/08/business/yourmoney/08khan.html |date=5 July 2017 }}, ''New York Times'', 8 July 2007</ref> where his early education was by private tutoring. Prince Karim later attended the [[Institut Le Rosey]] in Switzerland, the most expensive boarding school in the world,<ref name=Le-Rosey-Expensive>{{cite news|title=In Pictures: Europe's Most Expensive Boarding Schools|url=https:// forbes /2007/12/10/europe-boarding-schools-biz-cx_vr_1210boarding_slide_2.html|work=Forbes|access-date=22 April 2012|first=Vidya|last=Ram|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120426054928/http:// forbes /2007/12/10/europe-boarding-schools-biz-cx_vr_1210boarding_slide_2.html|archive-date=26 April 2012|url-status=live}}</ref> for nine years where he ended up with, in his words, "fair grades".<ref name= "sportsIll64" /> Prince Karim was admitted to [[MIT]] and wanted to study science, but his grandfather, Aga Khan III, vetoed the decision and Prince Karim attended [[Harvard University]], where he was elected a member of The [[Delphic Club]] and majored in Islamic history.<ref name= "Engineering flunk" >{{cite web|last=Mann|first=Anthony|title=The Quiet Prince of Islam|url=http://ismaili.net/intervue/790527.html|work=Sunday Telegraph|access-date=21 April 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120611072248/http://ismaili.net/intervue/790527.html|archive-date=11 June 2012|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name= "College Roommate" >{{cite magazine |last=Stevenson |first=John Fell |date=10 November 1957 |title=My College Room Mate Rules 10 Million |magazine=This Week |location=New York |publisher=Joseph P. Knapp}}</ref>{{r|sportsIll64}}

When his grandfather died, the young Prince was thrust into the position of the [[Aga Khan]] (IV). A university student who was known to be humble by peers became the new [[Nizari]] [[Imam]]. He said about it: "Overnight, my whole life changed completely. I woke up with serious responsibilities toward millions of other human beings. I knew I would have to abandon my hopes of studying for a doctorate in History".<ref name= "sportsIll64" /> He graduated from Harvard University in 1959, two years after becoming the Imam of the Nizari Ismailis, with a Bachelor of Arts degree in History (with [[Cum Laude]] honours) and his [[Varsity letter|varsity H]] for the [[Harvard Crimson men's soccer]] team.<ref name= "Khan of Harvard" >{{cite magazine |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=3 November 1958|title=Khan of Harvard|url=https://books.google /books?id=dz8EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA75 |magazine=Life|volume=45|number=18|location=Chicago|publisher=Henry Luce|access-date=20 September 2022}}</ref><ref name= "sportsIll64" />

The young Aga Khan was a competitive downhill skier, and skied [[Iran at the 1964 Winter Olympics|for Iran]] in the [[1964 Winter Olympics]].<ref name= "sportsIll64" /><ref>{{cite web|url=https:// sports-reference /olympics/countries/IRI/winter/1964/ASK/|title=Iran Alpine Skiing at the 1964 Innsbruck Winter Games|publisher=sports-reference |access-date=15 December 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120723225850/http:// sports-reference /olympics/countries/IRI/winter/1964/ASK/|archive-date=23 July 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref>

== Ismaili Constitution ==
Aga Khan IV enacted the Ismaili Constitution in Lisbon on 13 July 1998. Aga Khan IV "in direct lineal descent from the Holy Prophet (SAS) through Hazrat Mawlana Ali (AS) and Hazrat Bibi Fatima (AS), is the Forty-Ninth Imam of the Ismaili Muslims" - Ismaili Constitution Preamble Article One.

Although Aga Khan IV encourages his spiritual children to question in order to learn and understand their beliefs, values, and principles, as a formal policy he retains "the sole authority to determine all questions that arise regarding the meaning of their religion" - Ismaili Constitution Article One.

==Ascension to Nizari Ismaili Imamat==
Following the death of his grandfather the Aga Khan III, Prince Karim, at the age of 20, became the 49th Imam of the Nizari Ismailis and Aga Khan IV, bypassing his father, Prince Aly Khan, and his uncle, [[Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan]], who were in direct line to succession. In his will, the Aga Khan III explained the rationale for choosing his eldest grandson as his successor (which marked the second time in the history of the Nizari Ismaili chain of Imamat that a grandson of the preceding Imam – instead of one of the sons of the preceding Imam – was made the next Imam):

<blockquote>In view of the fundamentally altered conditions in the world has provoked many changes, including the discoveries of [[atomic physics|atomic science]], I am convinced that it is in the best interests of the Nizari Ismaili community that I should be succeeded by a young man who has been brought up and developed during recent years and in the midst of the new age, and who brings a new outlook on life to his office.<ref> "Aly Khān's Son, 20, New Aga Khan", The New York Times, 13 July 1957, p. 1</ref></blockquote>

In light of his grandfather's will, the Aga Khan IV has sometimes been referred to by Nizari Ismailis as the "Imam of the [[Atomic Age]]".<ref name= "Quiet" >{{cite book | title=Islam's Quiet Revolutionary: The Story of Aga Khan the Fourth| last=Thobani| first=Akbarali| year=1993| publisher=Vantage Press}}</ref> The will of the Aga Khan III added that the next Aga Khan, in the first several years of his Imamat, should look to the Aga Khan III's widow for guidance on general matters pertaining to the Imamat:

<blockquote>I DESIRE that my successor shall, during the first seven years of his Imamat, be guided on questions of general Imamat Policy, by my said wife, Yvette called Yve Blanche Labrousse Om Habibeh, the BEGUM AGA KHAN, who has been familiar for many years with the problems facing my followers, and in whose wise judgment, I place the greatest confidence.<ref name=Om-Habibeh-7-Years>{{cite web|last=van Grondelle|first=Marco|title=The Shi'a Imami (Nizari) Ismailis and British Foreign- and Colonial Policy|url=http://igitur-archive.library.uu.nl/dissertations/2008-1001-205033/van-grondelle.pdf|publisher=Self|access-date=22 April 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100827014358/http://igitur-archive.library.uu.nl/dissertations/2008-1001-205033/van-grondelle.pdf|archive-date=27 August 2010|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref> </blockquote>

==Nizari Ismaili Imamat==
[[File:Aga Khan IV 1959.jpg|thumb|260px|Aga Khan IV receiving a gift of [[Trinitite]], residue from the first nuclear bomb detonation, while visiting the [[Los Alamos National Laboratory]] in 1959.]]
Upon taking the position of Imam, the Aga Khan IV stated that he intended to continue the work his grandfather had pursued in building modern institutions to improve the quality of life of the Nizari Ismailis.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://the.ismaili/his-highness-aga-khan|title=His Highness the Aga Khan|date=25 October 2007|website=the.Ismaili|language=en|access-date=7 May 2019}}</ref> ''Takht nashini'' (installation of the new Imam) ceremonies occurred at several locations over the course of 1957 and 1958. During this time, the Aga Khan emphasized to his followers the importance of fostering positive relations with different ethnicities<ref>{{Cite web|url=https:// akdn.org/about-us/his-highness-aga-khan/biography-his-highness-aga-khan|title=His Highness Aga Khan: Biography|website=AKDN}}</ref> – a message highly appropriate considering the racially tense atmosphere in East Africa at the time between [[Black people|blacks]] and South Asians. During the Aga Khan's installation ceremonies in the [[Indian subcontinent]], the Aga Khan stressed his commitment to improving the standard of living of Nizari Ismailis and encouraged co-operation with individuals of other religions.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Weisinger|first=Akiva Y.|title=Religious Dictatorship: A Solution for Modernity? The Case of the Aga Khan|url=https:// academia.edu/6200305 |website=Academia |language=en}}</ref>

In 1972, under the regime of President [[Idi Amin]] of Uganda, people of South Asian origin, including Nizari Ismailis, were expelled. The South Asians, some of whose families had lived in Uganda for over 100 years, were given 90 days to leave the country.<ref name= "BBC On This Day" >{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/august/7/newsid_2492000/2492333.stm |title=1972: Asians given 90 days to leave Uganda |publisher=British Broadcasting Corporation |access-date=19 April 2012 |date=7 August 1972 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120719150554/http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/august/7/newsid_2492000/2492333.stm |archive-date=19 July 2012 |url-status=live }}</ref> The Aga Khan phoned his long-time friend Canadian Prime Minister [[Pierre Trudeau]]. Trudeau's government agreed to allow thousands of Nizari Ismailis to immigrate to Canada.<ref name= "macleansHolyMan" >{{cite journal | last1=Geddes | first1=John | journal=Maclean's | title=A holy man with an eye for connections | url=http:// macleans.ca/2010/10/27/a-holy-man/ | date=27 October 2010 | access-date=17 April 2012 | df=dmy-all }}</ref> The Aga Khan also undertook urgent steps to facilitate the resettlement of Nizari Ismailis displaced from Uganda, Tanzania, Kenya, and Burma, to other countries.<ref>{{cite web|url=http:// agakhanschools.org/|title=The Aga Khan Schools|website=The Aga Khan Schools|language=en|access-date=7 May 2019}}</ref> Most of these Nizari Ismailis found new homes in Asia, Europe and North America.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://iis.ac.uk/encyclopaedia-articles/ismaili-communities-south-asia|title=Ismaili Communities – South Asia {{!}} The Institute of Ismaili Studies|website=iis.ac.uk|access-date=7 May 2019}}</ref> Most of the initial resettlement problems were overcome rapidly by Nizari Ismailis due to their educational backgrounds and high rates of literacy, as well as the efforts of the Aga Khan and the host countries, and with support from Nizari Ismaili community programs.

The Aga Khan has encouraged Nizari Ismailis settled in the industrialised world to contribute towards the progress of communities in the developing world through various development programs.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://herald.dawn /news/1398672|title=Why high hills have a high suicide rate|last=Khan|first=Aurangzaib|date=9 October 2018|website=Herald Magazine|language=en|access-date=7 May 2019}}</ref> He has described his role as Imam as being partly to uplift the material and spiritual wellbeing of Nizari Ismailis – a duty which requires an understanding of Nizari Ismailis in the context of their geographic location and their time.<ref name= "Frischauer-Āgā Khāns" /> He elaborated on this concept in a 2006 speech in Germany, saying "The role and responsibility of an Imam, therefore, is both to interpret the faith to the community, and also to do all within his means to improve the quality, and security, of their daily lives and the people with whom Ismailis share their lives." <ref name= "Aga Khan Tutzing" >{{cite book | title=Address by His Highness the Aga Khan to the Tuting Evangelical Academy Upon Receiving the "Tolerance" Award| date=20 May 2006| publisher=akdn.org| location=Germany}}</ref> This engagement of the Aga Khan with Nizari Ismailis is said to extend to the people with whom the Nizari Ismailis share their lives, locally and internationally.<ref name= "Āgā Khān MPA" >{{cite book | title=Address by His Highness the Aga Khan at Graduation Ceremony of the Masters of Public Affairs Programme at the Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris| date=15 June 2007| publisher=akdn.org/speeches/2007June15_en| location=Paris}}</ref>

The Aga Khan is one of several Shia signatories of the [[Amman Message]] which gives a broad foundation for defining those [[denominations of Islam]] that should be considered as part of the wider ''Muslim [[Ummah]].''<ref>[http://ammanmessage /index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=57&Itemid=42 Aga Khan's official reply to Amman Message] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120224193222/http://ammanmessage /index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=57&Itemid=42 |date=24 February 2012 }}. Ammanmessage.</ref>

During the [[Pope Benedict XVI Islam controversy]], he said:

<blockquote>I have two reactions to the pope's lecture: There is my concern about the degradation of relations and, at the same time, I see an opportunity. A chance to talk about a serious, important issue: the relationship between religion and logic.<ref>[http:// spiegel.de/international/spiegel/0,1518,442180,00.html SPIEGEL interview with Aga Khan] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061014144824/http:// spiegel.de/international/spiegel/0,1518,442180,00.html |date=14 October 2006 }} – [[Der Spiegel]]. 12 October 2006</ref></blockquote>

When the Aga Khan IV was asked about his view on the consumption of alcohol in a 1965 interview with ''[[The Sunday Times]]'', he said, in line with Muslim teaching:<ref name= "Nizari_Alcohol" >{{cite web|title=Sunday Times – Weekly Review|url=http:// ismaili.net/intervue/651212.html|publisher=Ismaili.net|access-date=10 April 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110806193711/http://ismaili.net/intervue/651212.html|archive-date=6 August 2011|url-status=live}}</ref>

<blockquote>Our belief is that the thing which separates man from the animals is his power of thought. Anything that impedes this process is wrong. Therefore, alcohol is forbidden. I have never touched alcohol. But this, to me, is not a puritan prohibition. I don't want to drink. I've never wanted to drink. There's no pressure being placed on me by my religion.</blockquote>

===The Status of the Imam in Nizari Ismailism===
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The Ismailis are a [[community]] of [[Shi'a Islam|Shi'ism]], and their theology is derived from the teachings of the Shi'i Imams – [[Ali|'Ali ibn Abi Talib]], [[Muhammad al-Baqir]] and [[Ja'far al-Sadiq]]. According to early Shi'i Ismaili theology, God or Allah is absolutely transcendent and unique.<ref> "Ismaili Teachings on Tawhid" </ref><ref>Gnostic, Ismaili. (22 January 2016) [https://ismailignosis /2016/01/22/ismaili-teachings-on-the-oneness-of-god-tawhid-beyond-personalist-theism-and-modern-atheism/ Ismaili Teachings on the Oneness of God (Tawhid): Beyond Personalist Theism and Modern Atheism | Ismaili Gnosis (Ismailism)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160406225103/http://ismailignosis /2016/01/22/ismaili-teachings-on-the-oneness-of-god-tawhid-beyond-personalist-theism-and-modern-atheism/ |date=6 April 2016 }}. Ismaili Gnosis. Retrieved on 18 August 2017.</ref> Unlike Sunni theology where God's Essence is conjoined to eternal attributes, the early Shi'i Imams emphasized a theology according to which God's Essence is beyond all names and attributes. The first creation of God is a spiritual entity (Ruhani) or light (nur) called the Intellect ('Aql), the Light of Muhammad (nur Muhammad) or the Light of Ali. This cosmic Intellect or Light exists prior to the creation of the physical world and is the highest of created beings is identified with the Eternal Imam or the spiritual essence of the Prophet Muhammad and the Shi'i Imams. The historical Imams on earth are the locus of manifestation (mazhar) of the Light (nur) or Intellect (aql). Ismaili philosophers developed these ideas further using Neoplatonic frameworks and identified the Intellect ('Aql) or Light of the Imam with the Universal Intellect (Nous) of Plotinus. Similarly, the Imam's human soul – revered as pure based on Qur'an 33:33 – is regarded as the reflective mirror of the Universal Intellect.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ismailignosis /2014/07/11/light-upon-light-glimpses-into-the-succession-of-the-shia-ismaili-imams/|title=Light upon Light: Glimpses into the Succession of the Shia Ismaili Imams|work=Ismaili Gnosis|access-date=27 March 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150426011105/http://ismailignosis /2014/07/11/light-upon-light-glimpses-into-the-succession-of-the-shia-ismaili-imams/|archive-date=26 April 2015|url-status=live|date=11 July 2014}}</ref>

The 1975 ''Ismailia Association Conference'' – a meeting of the Aga Khan with senior Nizari Ismaili council leaders from several countries – addressed the question of the status of the Imam. It mentioned:

"The Imam to be explained as the 'mazhar' [" locus of manifestation "] of God, and the relationship between God and the Imam to be related to varying levels of inspiration and communication from God to man." <ref>Paris Conference Report Minutes</ref> [http://ismaili.net/source/legal-documents/1975-paris-conference-minutes-rupani.pdf Paris Conference Report]

The term mazhar is also used in Sufi literature by Ibn 'Arabi ( "Bezels of Wisdom" ), Nasir al-Din al-Tusi ( "Contemplation and Action", "The Paradise of Submission" ) and many others. The meaning of the word mazhar denotes the idea of a mirror in which an object is reflected as an image but not incarnate. Similarly, the Imam as mazhar (locus of manifestation, mirror) 'differs greatly' from the idea of incarnation or indwelling (hulul) in which the Divine dwells inside a material body. The Imam is ''not'' seen as an incarnation of divinity. The [[Imam]] is also the [[Pir (Sufism)]] within [[Nizari]] [[Ismailism]] denoting a title from the [[Sufi]] heritage of Nizari Ismaili history.

====Silver Jubilee Year of Imamat====
From 11 July 1982 to 11 July 1983 – to celebrate the present Aga Khan's Silver Jubilee, marking the 25th anniversary of his accession to the Imamat – many new social and economic development projects were launched.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https:// nytimes /1982/10/14/world/aga-khan-s-silver-jubilee-bridging-two-worlds.html|title=Aga Khan's Silver Jubilee: Bridging Two Worlds|last1=Cowell|first1=Alan|date=14 October 1982|work=The New York Times|access-date=7 May 2019|last2=Times|first2=Special to The New York|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> These range from the establishment of the US$450 million international [[Aga Khan University]] with its Faculty of Health Sciences and teaching hospital based in [[Karachi]],<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Nadeem|first1=Naila|last2=Khawaja|first2=Ranish Deedar Ali|last3=Beg|first3=Madiha|last4=Naeem|first4=Muhammad|last5=Majid|first5=Zain|date=21 March 2013|title=Undergraduate radiology education in private and public teaching hospitals in Karachi, Pakistan: teaching duties, methodologies, and rewards|journal=Advances in Medical Education and Practice|volume=4|pages=31–37|doi=10.2147/AMEP.S40549|issn=1179-7258|pmc=3661265|pmid=23745098 |doi-access=free }}</ref> the expansion of schools for girls and medical centres in the [[Hunza Valley|Hunza]] region<ref>{{Cite news|url=https:// washingtonpost /world/asia_pacific/high-up-on-a-pakistani-mountain-a-success-story-for-moderate-islam/2015/07/22/f0b878d2-2572-11e5-b77f-eb13a215f593_story.html|title=High up on a Pakistani mountain, a success story for moderate Islam|last=Craig|first=Time|newspaper=Washington Post}}</ref> (one of the remote parts of Northern Pakistan bordering on China and Afghanistan that is densely populated with Nizari Ismailis), to the establishment of the Aga Khan Rural Support Program<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://landportal.org/organization/aga-khan-rural-support-programme|title=Aga Khan Rural Support Programme {{!}} Land Portal {{!}} Securing Land Rights Through Open Data|website=landportal.org|date=30 January 2017 |access-date=7 May 2019}}</ref> in [[Gujarat]], India – and the extension of existing urban hospitals and primary health care centres in Tanzania and Kenya.<ref>{{Cite journal|url=http://pubdocs.worldbank.org/en/635711464369507187/WB-SDI-Brief-Tanzania-HEALTH-v6-print.pdf|title=Tanzania Service Delivery Indicators|website=World Bank|date=5 May 2013|pages=1–9|last1=Procee|first1=Paul}}</ref>

====Golden Jubilee Year of Imamat====
11 July 2007 to 13 December 2008 marked the 50th Anniversary of the Prince karim Aga Khan reign of Imamat (Golden Jubilee). On this occasion, leaders representing Nizari Ismailis from different areas of the world gathered at the Aga Khan's residence to pay homage to the Imam.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://the.ismaili/golden-jubilee/golden-jubilee|title=Golden Jubilee|date=25 October 2007|website=the.Ismaili|language=en|access-date=7 May 2019}}</ref> As part of the Golden Jubilee, the Aga Khan made official visits to various countries – using the visits to recognize the friendship and longstanding support of certain leaders of state, government, and others, to the Aga Khan and his Nizari Ismaili community, as well as to lay the foundations for certain future initiatives and programmes.<ref>{{cite web |url=http:// theismaili.org/goldenjubilee |title= Golden Jubilee |access-date=22 December 2009| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100109135300/http:// theismaili.org/GoldenJubilee| archive-date= 9 January 2010 | url-status= live}}</ref> Areas of the world visited included the Americas, Europe, Asia, and Africa. During his visit to [[Houston]], US, he announced the establishment of the [[Ismaili Center Houston]]. The Aga Khan also organized a Nizari Ismaili sports meet in Kenya, and teams of Nizari Ismailis from different areas of the world came to play in this event.<ref>{{cite web |url=http:// theismaili.org/gjg |title= Golden Jubilee Games |access-date=22 December 2009| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100101224407/http:// theismaili.org/gjg| archive-date= 1 January 2010 | url-status= live|date= 20 June 2008 }}</ref>

One of the initiatives of the Golden Jubilee was the [[Jubilee Games]], firstly named as the Golden Jubilee Games but continued as the Jubilee Games. The first event was held in Kenya in 2008. The second Jubilee Games were held in Dubai, UAE in July 2016.<ref>{{cite web|title=About the Jubilee Games|url=https:// theismaili.org/jubileegames/about-jubilee-games|date=8 March 2016|access-date=8 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160806045146/https:// theismaili.org/jubileegames/about-jubilee-games|archive-date=6 August 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref>

====Diamond Jubilee Year of Imamat====

11 July 2017 to 11 July 2018 was designated the Diamond Jubilee Year of the Aga Khan's 60th year of reign.<ref>{{cite web|title=Mawlana Hazar Imam's Diamond Jubilee to be celebrated in 2017–18|url=http:// theismaili.org/news-events/mawlana-hazar-imam%E2%80%99s-diamond-jubilee-be-celebrated-2017-18|date=11 July 2016|access-date=7 July 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170703125253/http:// theismaili.org/news-events/mawlana-hazar-imam%E2%80%99s-diamond-jubilee-be-celebrated-2017-18|archive-date=3 July 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> The Aga Khan travelled throughout the Diamond Jubilee year to countries where his humanitarian institutions operate to launch new programs that help alleviate poverty and increase access to education, housing and childhood development. The Aga Khan's Diamond Jubilee opening ceremony was held in his [[Aiglemont estate]]. On 8 March 2018, [[Queen Elizabeth II]] hosted the Aga Khan at Windsor Castle at a dinner to mark his Diamond Jubilee. He has visited a number of countries including the United States, UAE, India, Pakistan, Canada, France, UK, Kenya, and others. The Diamond Jubilee ended with grand celebrations in Lisbon, Portugal on and around 11 July 2018. People from around the world came to celebrate with their worldwide community. There were many concerts, a Jubilee Arts festival, and other events planned for tens of thousands of people. Following a historic agreement with the Portuguese Republic in 2015, His Highness the Aga Khan officially designated the premises located at Rua Marquês de Fronteira in Lisbon – the [[Henrique de Mendonça]] Palace – as the Seat of the Ismaili Imamat on 11 July 2018, and declared that it be known as the "Diwan of the Ismaili Imamat".<ref>{{cite web|title=Mawlana Hazar Imam designates the Seat of the Ismaili Imamat|url=https://the.ismaili/news/mawlana-hazar-imam-designates-seat-imamat|date=11 July 2018|access-date=15 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180831132255/https://the.ismaili/news/mawlana-hazar-imam-designates-seat-imamat|archive-date=31 August 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Business activities==

===Thoroughbred horse racing===
[[File:Racing silks of Aga Khan.svg|thumb|The [[Jockey#Racing colors|racing colors]] of the Aga Khan]]
The Aga Khan's racing horse businesses bring in considerable income.<ref name= "horse" /> He owns and operates the largest horse racing and breeding operation in France, the French horse auction house, Arqana, Gilltown Stud near Kilcullen in Ireland, and other breeding/stud farms in Europe.<ref name= "horse" />

The Aga Khan operates a large [[horse racing]] and [[horse breeding|breeding]] operation at his estate ''Aiglemont'', in the town of [[Gouvieux]] in the [[Picardy]] region of France – about 4 kilometres ({{frac|2|1|2}} miles) west of the [[Chantilly Racecourse]]. In 1977, he paid £1.3 million for the bloodstock owned by [[Anna Dupré]] and in 1978, £4.7 million for the bloodstock of [[Marcel Boussac]].<ref>[http:// racehorseowner /art/rho-aga-khan.html Aga Khan Bio] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140307050613/http:// racehorseowner /art/rho-aga-khan.html |date=7 March 2014 }}. Racehorseowner (13 December 1936).</ref>

The Aga Khan is said to be France's most influential owner-breeder and record winner of The [[Prix de Diane]], sometimes referred to as the [[French Oaks]].<ref>{{cite news | url=https:// telegraph.co.uk/sport/horseracing/9337232/Shock-winner-Valyra-earns-the-Aga-Khan-record-seventh-win-in-the-French-Oaks.html | location=London | work=The Daily Telegraph | first=J A | last=McGrath | title=Shock winner Valyra earns the Aga Khan record seventh win in the French Oaks | date=17 June 2012 | access-date=5 April 2018 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171019105856/http:// telegraph.co.uk/sport/horseracing/9337232/Shock-winner-Valyra-earns-the-Aga-Khan-record-seventh-win-in-the-French-Oaks.html | archive-date=19 October 2017 | url-status=live | df=dmy-all }}</ref>

The Aga Khan owns Gilltown Stud near [[Kilcullen]], Ireland, and the Haras de Bonneval breeding farm at [[Le Mesnil-Mauger]] in France. In March 2005, he purchased the [[Calvados (department)|Calvados]] stud farms, the [[Haras d'Ouilly]] in [[Pont-d'Ouilly]] and the Haras de Val-Henry in [[Livarot]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https:// arlingtonpark /events/arlington-million-day-37th-running/|title=Arlington Million Day: 37th Running|website=Arlington Park|language=en-US|access-date=7 May 2019}}</ref> Haras d'Ouilly had been owned by such horsemen as the [[Louis Jean, duc Decazes|Duc Decazes]], [[François Dupré]] and [[Jean-Luc Lagardère]].<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google /books?id=ymcVAwAAQBAJ&q=Haras+d%27Ouilly%2C+duc+decazes&pg=PA235|title=?talons de pur sang de France|last=Corbi?re|first=Pierre|publisher=Рипол Классик|isbn=978-5883161291|language=fr}}</ref>

In 2006 the Aga Khan became the majority shareholder of French horse auction house [[Arqana]].<ref name= "horse" >{{cite web|title=Aga Khan: Owner Profile|publisher=RaceHorseOwner |location=North Riding, Gauteng, South Africa|date=16 February 2014|url=http:// racehorseowner /art/rho-aga-khan.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140307050613/http:// racehorseowner /art/rho-aga-khan.html|archive-date=7 March 2014|url-status=live}}</ref>

On 27 October 2009 it was announced that [[Sea the Stars]], regarded by many as one of the greatest racehorses of all time, would stand stud at the Aga Khan's Gilltown Stud in Ireland.<ref>[http:// racingpost /news/horse-racing/h-h-aga-khan-sea-the-stars-goes-to-aga-khans-gilltown-stud/647353/#newsArchiveTabs=last7DaysNews "Sea The Stars goes to Aga Khan's Gilltown Stud." ] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130927190903/http:// racingpost /news/horse-racing/h-h-aga-khan-sea-the-stars-goes-to-aga-khans-gilltown-stud/647353/#newsArchiveTabs=last7DaysNews |date=27 September 2013 }}. racingpost (27 October 2009).</ref>

His unbeaten homebred filly, [[Zarkava]], won the [[2008 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe]]. His homebred colt, [[Harzand (horse)|Harzand]], won the [[2016 Epsom Derby]] and the 2016 [[Irish Derby]].

The Aga Khan was the lead owner of [[Shergar]], the Irish racehorse that was kidnapped from Ballymany stud farm in [[County Kildare]], Ireland by masked men in 1983 and held for ransom. The Aga Khan and the other co-owners refused to pay a ransom, and the horse was not recovered.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Fitzpatrick |first1=Richard |title=30 Years On: What Happened to Shergar? |url=https:// rte.ie/sport/racing/2013/0207/366691-asd/ |website=RTE |date=7 February 2013 |access-date=15 September 2020}}</ref> The Aga Khan, the police and the public suspected the [[Provisional Irish Republican Army]] of the abduction, though the IRA denied all involvement. In 1999, former IRA member [[Sean O'Callaghan]] published an autobiography in which he implicates the IRA as being responsible for the abduction. Shergar had become a national symbol in Ireland, and the IRA had underestimated the public outpouring of support for the horse and the backlash for the IRA even among Irish republicans who had historically supported the IRA, leading the IRA to deny involvement.<ref>{{cite book |last1=O'Callaghan |first1=Sean |title=The Informer |date=1999 |publisher=Corgi |location=London |isbn=978-0-552-14607-4}}</ref>

===Other business ventures===
The Aga Khan is and has been involved in multiple business ventures, in such areas as communications media and luxury hotels. In 1959 he founded the Kenyan media company [[Nation Media Group]],<ref>{{Cite book | edition = 1st Carol Pub. Group | publisher = Birch Lane Pr | isbn = 978-1559722155 | last = Coleridge | first = Nicholas | title = Paper Tigers: The Latest, Greatest Newspaper Tycoons | location = Secaucus, NJ | date = March 1994 }}</ref> which among others owns ''[[Daily Nation]]'' and ''Sunday Nation''.<ref name=veage2017>{{cite web | last=Veage | first=John | title=Yesterday in Paradise | website=St George & Sutherland Shire Leader | date=14 February 2017 | url=https:// theleader.au/story/4465802/yesterday-in-paradise/ | access-date=6 January 2024}}</ref>

In the 1990s, the Aga Khan had a group of US$400 a night Italian luxury hotels, called Ciga. Currently the Aga Khan, through his for-profit [[AKFED]], is the largest shareholder in the [[Serena Hotels]] chain.<ref name= "serena1" >{{cite news | title=Serena adds Tanzanian link to its hotels chain | last=Wafula | first=Paul | url=http:// nation.co.ke/business/news/Serena+adds+Tanzanian+link+to+its+hotels+chain+/-/1006/1278730/-/n0lsu6/-/index.html | newspaper=Daily Nation | date=24 November 2011 | access-date=9 April 2012 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111214014418/http:// nation.co.ke/business/news/Serena+adds+Tanzanian+link+to+its+hotels+chain+/-/1006/1278730/-/n0lsu6/-/index.html | archive-date=14 December 2011 | url-status=live | df=dmy-all }}</ref>

==Other activities==
===Aga Khan Development Network===
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The Aga Khan is the founder and chairman of the [[Aga Khan Development Network]], which coordinates the activities of over 200 agencies and institutions, employing approximately 80,000 paid staff, the majority of whom are based in developing countries.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https:// akdn.org/fa|title=Aga Khan Development Network {{!}}|website=akdn.org|access-date=7 May 2019}}</ref> AKDN is partly funded by his followers and donor partners that include numerous governments and several international organisations. [[Aga Khan Development Network|AKDN]] agencies operate in the fields of health, education, culture, [[rural development]], institution-building and the promotion of [[economic development]], with a special focus on countries of the [[Third World|Developing Nations]]. It is dedicated to improving living conditions and opportunities for the poor, without regard to their faith, origin or sex.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https:// akfusa.org/about-us/|title=About Us|website=Aga Khan Foundation USA|language=en-US|access-date=7 May 2019}}</ref>

AKDN includes the [[Aga Khan University]], the [[University of Central Asia]], the for-profit [[Aga Khan Fund for Economic Development]], the [[Aga Khan Trust for Culture]], the [[Aga Khan Foundation]], the [[Aga Khan Health Services]], the [[Aga Khan Education Services]], the [[Aga Khan Planning and Building Services]], and the [[Aga Khan Agency for Microfinance]]. One of the companies that the AKFED is the main shareholder of is the [[Serena Hotels]] Group<ref name= "AKFED_Serena" >{{cite web|title=Tourism Promotion Services (TPS)|url=http:// akdn.org/akfed_tourism.asp|publisher=Aga Khan Fund for Economic Development|access-date=10 April 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120125233044/http:// akdn.org/akfed_tourism.asp|archive-date=25 January 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref> – a chain of luxury hotels and resorts primarily located in Africa and Asia.
The [[Aga Khan Award for Architecture]] is the largest architectural award in the world.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https:// architecturalrecord /keywords/Aga%20Khan%20Awards|title=Aga Khan Awards|website=architecturalrecord |access-date=7 May 2019}}</ref> The Aga Khan is also the chairman of the Board of Governors of the [[Institute of Ismaili Studies]], which he founded in 1977.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://iis.ac.uk/encyclopaedia-articles/institute-ismaili-studies|title=Institute of Ismaili Studies {{!}} The Institute of Ismaili Studies|website=iis.ac.uk|access-date=7 May 2019|archive-date=11 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210411151215/https:// iis.ac.uk/encyclopaedia-articles/institute-ismaili-studies|url-status=dead}}</ref> He is also a Vice-President of the [[Royal Commonwealth Society]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://thercs.org/about-us/governance/|title=Governance {{!}} Royal Commonwealth Society|website=thercs.org|access-date=7 May 2019|archive-date=19 October 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161019145459/https://thercs.org/about-us/governance/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

[[Focus Humanitarian Assistance]], an affiliate of the AKDN, is responsible for emergency response in the face of disaster. Recent disasters that FOCUS was involved in helping address include the 2005 earthquake in Pakistan ([https://web.archive.org/web/20060422215540/http:// akdn.org/news/20051905.html AKDN earthquake response]) and the [[2004 Indian Ocean earthquake|South Asian tsunami]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://fas.org/sgp/crs/row/RL32715.pdf|title=Indian Ocean Earthquake and Tsunami:Humanitarian Assistance and Relief Operations|last=Margesson|first=Rhoda|website=FAS}}</ref>

Significant recent or current projects that are related to the development and that are being led by the Aga Khan include the [[Delegation of the Ismaili Imamat]] and the [[Global Centre for Pluralism]] in [[Ottawa]], the [[Aga Khan Museum]] in Toronto, the [[Al-Azhar Park]] in [[Cairo]], the [[Bagh-e Babur]] restoration in Kabul, and a network of full [[International Baccalaureate|IB]] residential schools known as the [[Aga Khan Academies]].

The Aga Khan has expressed concern about the work of the AKDN being described as philanthropy. In his address to the [[Evangelische Akademie Tutzing]], when he was awarded their [[Toleranzpreis der Evangelischen Akademie Tutzing|Tolerance Prize]] in 2006, he described this concern:
<blockquote>Reflecting a certain historical tendency of the West to separate the secular from the religious, they often describe [the work of the AKDN] either as philanthropy or [[entrepreneurship]]. What is not understood is that this work is for us a part of our institutional responsibility – it flows from the mandate of the office of Imam to improve the quality of worldly life for the concerned communities.<ref name= "Aga Khan Tutzing" /></blockquote>

===Promotion of Islamic architecture===
In 1977, the Aga Khan established the [[Aga Khan Award for Architecture]], an award recognising excellence in architecture that encompasses contemporary design and social, historical, and environmental considerations. It is the largest architectural award in the world (prize money for which is a million US dollars) and is granted triennially.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https:// architects.org/bsaspace/exhibitions/design-diversity-aga-khan-award-architecture|title=Design for Diversity: The Aga Khan Award for Architecture {{!}} Boston Society of Architects|website=architects.org|access-date=7 May 2019|archive-date=7 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190507083407/https:// architects.org/bsaspace/exhibitions/design-diversity-aga-khan-award-architecture|url-status=dead}}</ref> The award grew out of the Aga Khan's desire to revitalise creativity in Islamic societies and acknowledge creative solutions for buildings facilities and public spaces.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https:// archdaily /916170/shortlist-announced-for-aga-kahn-award-for-architecture-2019|title=Shortlist Announced for the Aga Khan Award for Architecture 2019|date=1 May 2019|website=ArchDaily|language=en-US|access-date=7 May 2019}}</ref> The prize winner is selected by an independent master jury convened for each cycle.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https:// akdn.org/akdn/press-release/winners-2016-aga-khan-award-architecture-celebrate-inclusivity-and-pluralism|title=Winners of the 2016 Aga Khan Award for Architecture celebrate inclusivity and pluralism {{!}} Aga Khan Development Network|website=akdn.org|access-date=7 May 2019}}</ref>

In 1979, [[Harvard University]] and the [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]] (MIT) established the Aga Khan Program for Islamic Architecture (AKPIA), which is supported by an endowment from Aga Khan. These programs provide degree courses, public lectures, and conferences for the study of [[Islamic architecture]] and urbanism. Understanding contemporary conditions and developmental issues are key components of the academic program.<ref name= "AKPIA" >{{cite book | title=AKPIA (Academic Brochure)| last=Harvard University| first=Massachusetts Institute of Technology}}</ref> The program engages in research at both institutions and students can graduate with a Master of Science of Architectural Studies specialising in the Aga Khan program from MIT's Department of Architecture.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://akpia.mit.edu/|title=Welcome to AKPIA@MIT |website=akpia.mit.edu|access-date=7 May 2019}}</ref>

==Personal life==
In 1964 ''[[Sports Illustrated]]'' wrote that despite the Aga Khan's reputation as "a gallivanting jet-setter who wants his horses, cars and women to be fast", he avoided most parties, never appeared in [[gossip column]]s, and had been associated with only one woman for the previous five years ( "an exquisite, publicity-avoiding blonde named Annouchka von Mehks" ).{{r|sportsIll64}} In 1969, the Aga Khan married former British model [[Princess Salimah Aga Khan|Sarah Frances Croker Poole]], who assumed the name ''Begum Salimah Aga Khan'' upon marrying him. Sarah Frances was a divorcee, having previously been married to Lord James Charles Crichton-Stuart, son of [[John Crichton-Stuart, 5th Marquess of Bute]]. The wedding ceremonies were held on 22 October 1969 (civil) and 28 October 1969 (religious) at Karim Aga Khan's home in Paris. By 1984, the Aga Khan and Begum Salimah had taken to living separate lives.<ref name= "Aga Khan Affairs 1" >{{cite news|last=Hollingsworth|first=Mark|title=Aga in Waiting|url=http://markhollingsworth.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/aga.pdf|access-date=9 April 2012|newspaper=ES Magazine|date=March 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120903223207/http://markhollingsworth.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/aga.pdf|archive-date=3 September 2012|url-status=live}}</ref> The Aga Khan and Begum Salimah had one daughter and two sons together, [[Zahra Aga Khan]] (born 18 September 1970), [[Rahim Aga Khan]] (born 12 October 1971) and [[Hussain Aga Khan]] (born 10 April 1974). Eleven years later, in 1995 they divorced.

On 30 May 1998, The Aga Khan married for the second time at his walled compound and chateau, [[Aiglemont estate|Aiglemont]], in [[Gouvieux]], France. The bride was [[Inaara Aga Khan|Gabriele Renate Thyssen]], who assumed the name ''Begum Inaara Aga Khan'' at her wedding. Born to Roman Catholic German entrepreneur parents in 1963, Gabriele was twenty-seven years younger than the Aga Khan. She was also a divorcee, having previously been married to [[Prince Karl Emich of Leiningen]], by whom she had a daughter, Teresa. On 7 March 2000, two years after the wedding, he had a son, [[Aly Muhammad Aga Khan]]. On 8 October 2004, after six years of marriage the couple announced they would be getting divorced.<ref>[http:// princessinaara.org/3.html Princess Inaara Foundation] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060512165548/http:// princessinaara.org/3.html |date=12 May 2006 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Aga Khan faces the $1 billion divorce |work=The Sunday Times |location=London |date=21 November 2004 |url=http:// timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article393552.ece |access-date=21 November 2008 |first1=David |last1=Leppard |first2=Robert |last2=Winnett |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070320034328/http:// timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article393552.ece |archive-date=20 March 2007 |url-status=dead }}</ref> In September 2011, seven years later, a divorce settlement was reached between them in the French courts, and the divorce settlement amount was agreed upon in March 2014.<ref name= "news.yahoo" >{{cite web|title=AP: Aga Khan divorces German princess after dispute|url=https://news.yahoo /aga-khan-divorces-german-princess-dispute-154617430.html|website=yahoo |date=14 March 2014 |access-date=4 June 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140607010819/https://news.yahoo /aga-khan-divorces-german-princess-dispute-154617430.html|archive-date=7 June 2014|url-status=live}}</ref>

The Aga Khan is an ardent yachtsman. He co-founded the [[Yacht Club Costa Smeralda]] in [[Porto Cervo]], Sardinia, in 1967. He also commissioned a 164-foot [[yacht]], ''Alamshar'', named after [[Alamshar|a prized racehorse of his]], with a price tag of £200 million. The cost and maintenance are partly covered by chartering. The yacht was advertised as having a top speed of 60 knots, capable of setting a new transatlantic speed record.{{citation needed|date=April 2020}} It reached a speed in excess of 55 knots in its initial trials but despite the claims, it was never intended for transatlantic speed records as it does not have the range.{{cn|date=January 2024}}

In 2021 Aga Khan took delivery of a new [[Bombardier Global 7500]] registered LX-PAK,{{Cn|date=September 2024}} operated by [[Global Jet Luxembourg]]. His previous aircraft, a [[Bombardier Global 6000]], registered LX-ZAK, was sold in 2020.{{Cn|date=September 2024}}

===Personal finances===
In 2009, ''Forbes'' reported that the Aga Khan's net worth was US$1 billion.<ref name= "ForbesRichestRoyal09" >{{cite news|author1=Pendleton, Devon|author2=Serafin, Tatiana|author3=von Zeppelin, Cristina|date=17 June 2009|title=In Pictures: World's Richest Royals: Prince Karim Al Husseini, Aga Khan|newspaper=Forbes|url=https:// forbes /global/2008/0901/038.html|url-status=live|access-date=26 November 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131119081304/http:// forbes /global/2008/0901/038.html|archive-date=19 November 2013|df=dmy-all}}</ref> In 2013, ''[[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]]'' estimated his fortune to be well over US$1 billion.<ref name=VanityFairAgaKhan>{{cite news | title=In Pictures: World's Richest Royals: Prince Karim Al Husseini, Aga Khan | author1=Reginato, James | url=http:// vanityfair /style/2013/02/aga-khan-spiritual-leader-multi-billionaire | newspaper=Vanity Fair | date=31 January 2013 | access-date=26 November 2013 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150213042511/http:// vanityfair /style/2013/02/aga-khan-spiritual-leader-multi-billionaire | archive-date=13 February 2015 | url-status=live | df=dmy-all }}</ref> ''[[Forbes]]'' describes the Aga Khan as one of the world's fifteen richest royals, and the most recent{{when|date=January 2024}} estimate of his net worth is $13.3 billion.<ref name= "vanityfair" /> He is unique among the richest royals in that he does not preside over a geographic territory.<ref name= "forbes10" /> He owns hundreds of racehorses, valuable stud farms, an exclusive yacht club on [[Sardinia]],<ref name= "lifeSardinia" >{{cite magazine | last1=Sarsini |first1=Enrico |date=22 August 1969 |title=Sardinia: The Aga Khan's Emerald Hideaway (photo essay) |magazine=Life | volume=67 | issue= 8 | pages=44–48 | issn=0024-3019 | url=https://books.google /books?id=lkwEAAAAMBAJ&q=aga+khan+intitle%3Alife&pg=PA44}}</ref> [[Bell Island (The Bahamas)|Bell Island]] in the Bahamas,<ref name=wsjPrivateIsland>{{cite news |last=Jackson |first=Candace |date=29 July 2011 |title=My Own Private Island |url=https:// wsj /news/articles/SB10001424053111903999904576470253369797270 |newspaper=The Wall Street Journal |access-date=28 March 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150107031111/http:// wsj /news/articles/SB10001424053111903999904576470253369797270 |archive-date=7 January 2015 |url-status=live }}</ref> two [[Bombardier Inc.|Bombardier]] jets, a £100 million high speed yacht ''Alamshar'', and several estates around the world, with his primary residence at [[Aiglemont estate]] in the town of [[Gouvieux]], France, north of Paris. The Aga Khan's philanthropic non-profit institutions spend about US$600 million per year – mainly in Africa, Asia, and the Middle East.<ref name= "fortunes_2008" >{{citation |url=http:// canada /life/Khan+joins+prime+minister+neighbourhood/1043042/story.html |title=Aga Khan joins Prime Minister's neighbourhood |newspaper=Canada |date=8 December 2008 |access-date=14 April 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120827183837/http:// canada /life/Khan+joins+prime+minister+neighbourhood/1043042/story.html |archive-date=27 August 2012 |url-status=live |last1=McMillan |first1=Elizabeth }}</ref>

==Titles, styles and honours==
[[File:The President, Shri Pranab Mukherjee presenting the Padma Vibhushan Award to His Highness Prince Karim Aga Khan, at a Civil Investiture Ceremony, at Rashtrapati Bhavan, in New Delhi on April 08, 2015.jpg|thumb|Former President of India, Shri Pranab Mukherjee presenting the Padma Vibhushan Award to His Highness Prince Karim Aga Khan, at a Civil Investiture Ceremony, at Rashtrapati Bhavan, in New Delhi on April 08, 2015]]

The titles ''Prince'' and ''Princess'' are used by the Aga Khans and their children by virtue of their descent from Shah [[Fath Ali Shah]] of the Persian [[Qajar dynasty]]. The title was officially recognised by the British government in 1938.<ref name= "throne" >[[Anne Edwards|Edwards, Anne]] (1996). ''Throne of Gold: The Lives of the Aga Khans'', New York: [[William Morrow and Company|William Morrow]]. {{ISBN|0-00-215196-0}}</ref>

Author Farhad Daftary wrote of how the honorific title ''[[Aga Khan]]'' (from [[Agha (Ottoman Empire)|Agha]] and [[Khan (title)|Khan]]) was first given to Aga Khan I at the age of thirteen after the murder of his father: "At the same time, the Qajar monarch bestowed on him the honorific title ([[laqab]]) of Agha Khan (also transcribed as Aqa Khan), meaning lord and master." Daftary additionally commented, "The title of Agha Khan remained hereditary amongst his successors." <ref name= "DaftaryIsmailis2ed" >{{cite book|last=Daftary|first=Farhad|title=The Ismailis: Their History and Doctrines|publisher=Cambridge University Press|year=2007|isbn=978-0-511-35561-5|location=Cambridge|edition=2nd}}</ref> On the other hand, in a legal proceeding, the Aga Khan III noted that 'Aga Khan' is not a title, but, instead a sort of alias or "pet name" that was given to Aga Khan I when he was a young man.<ref name= "Haji Bibi vs H.H. Sir Sultan Mahomed Shah on September 1, 1908" >{{cite web|title=Bombay High Court:Haji Bibi vs H.H. Sir Sultan Mahomed Shah 1 September 1908|url=http:// indiankanoon.org/doc/1531123/|publisher=Russell, High Court of Bombay|access-date=26 March 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120503181323/http://indiankanoon.org/doc/1531123/|archive-date=3 May 2012|url-status=live}}</ref>

The style of ''[[His Highness]]'' was formally granted to the Aga Khan IV by [[Queen Elizabeth II]] in 1957 upon the death of his grandfather Aga Khan III.<ref>Patrick Montague-Smith (1970) ''Debrett's Correct Form''. [[Debrett's|Debrett's Peerage Ltd]]. {{ISBN|0-905649-00-1}} p. 106.</ref> The granting of the title to the Aga Khan IV was preceded by a strong expressed desire of the Aga Khan III to see the British monarchy award the non-hereditary title to his successor.<ref name=Om-Habibeh-7-Years/> The style of ''[[His Royal Highness]]'' was granted in 1959 to the Aga Khan IV by [[Mohammad Reza Pahlavi]], the Shah of Iran, later overthrown in the [[Iranian Revolution]] of 1979,<ref>{{cite web|url=http:// akdn.org/about_honours.asp|title=Aga Khan Development Network – About us: Awards and Honours|access-date=28 April 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090213171832/http:// akdn.org/about_honours.asp|archive-date=13 February 2009|url-status=dead}}</ref> but he uses instead ''His Highness''.<ref name= "British knighthood" >{{London Gazette|issue=57155|page=24 |supp=y|date=31 December 2003}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http:// akdn.org/about_agakhan.asp|title=Aga Khan Development Network – About us: His Highness the Aga Khan|access-date=16 October 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101203095703/http:// akdn.org/about_agakhan.asp|archive-date=3 December 2010|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>[http:// debretts /people/biographies/search/results/3298/Karim%20AGA%20KHAN%20(IV).aspx Forms of Address: His Highness the Aga Khan] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130617214046/http:// debretts /people/biographies/search/results/3298/Karim%20AGA%20KHAN%20(IV).aspx |date=17 June 2013 }} – website [[Debrett's]]</ref>
Over the years, the Aga Khan has received numerous honours, honorary degrees, and awards.

===Honours===
* {{Flag|Bahrain}}:
**[[File:Order_of_Bahrain,_1st_class.png|70px]] Member 1st Class of the Order of Bahrain (2003)<ref name= "List of honours" >{{cite web|url=http://simerg /special-series-his-highness-the-aga-khan-iv/literary-reading-worldwide-honours-for-prince-karim-aga-khan-underline-impact-of-ismaili-imamats-contribution-to-humanity-2/|title=Part I – Worldwide Honours For Prince Karim Aga Khan Underline Impact of Ismaili Imamat's Contribution to Humanity|work=Simerg – Insights from Around the World|access-date=13 August 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140806204721/http://simerg /special-series-his-highness-the-aga-khan-iv/literary-reading-worldwide-honours-for-prince-karim-aga-khan-underline-impact-of-ismaili-imamats-contribution-to-humanity-2/|archive-date=6 August 2014|url-status=live|date=13 December 2009}}</ref>
* {{Flag|Canada}}:
**[[File:CAN Order of Canada Companion ribbon.svg|70px]] Honorary Companion of the [[Order of Canada]] (CC, 2005)<ref>{{cite web |url=http:// gg.ca/honour.aspx?id=8642&t=12&ln=Aga%20Khan |title=Aga Khan, C.C. – Order of Canada |access-date=7 December 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120314025323/http:// gg.ca/honour.aspx?id=8642&t=12&ln=Aga%20Khan |archive-date=14 March 2012 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* {{Flag|Comoros}}:
**[[File:Ordire du Croissant Vert GC ribbon.jpg|70px]] Grand Cross of the Order of the Green Crescent (1966)<ref name= "List of honours" />
* {{Flag|France}}:
**[[File:Legion Honneur GC ribbon.svg|70px]] Grand Cross of the [[Legion of Honour]] (2018)
**[[File:Ordre des Arts et des Lettres Commandeur ribbon.svg|70px]] Commander of the [[Order of Arts and Letters]] (2010)<ref name= "List of honours" />
* {{Flag|India}}:
**[[File:Padma Vibhushan Ribbon.svg|70px]] [[Padma Vibhushan]] (2015)<ref>{{cite web|url=http:// pib.nic.in/newsite/erelcontent.aspx?relid=114952|title=Press Information Bureau – Padma Awards 2015|publisher=Indian Ministry of Home Affairs|access-date=16 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170816110637/http:// pib.nic.in/newsite/erelcontent.aspx?relid=114952|archive-date=16 August 2017|url-status=live}}</ref>
* {{flagicon|Iran|1964}} [[Imperial State of Iran|Iran]]:
**[[File:Order of Crown Ribbon Bar - Imperial Iran.svg|70px]] Grand Cordon of the [[Order of the Crown (Iran)|Order of the Crown]] (1967)<ref name= "List of honours" />
**[[File:25th_Centennial_Anniversary_Medal_Ribbon_Bar_-_Imperial_Iran.svg|70px]] Commemorative Medal of the [[2,500-year celebration of the Persian Empire|2500th Anniversary of the founding of the Persian Empire]] (14 October 1971)<ref>[http://badraie /guests.htm Iran. Host to the World] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305043732/http://badraie /guests.htm |date=5 March 2016 }}. Badraie. Retrieved on 27 April 2015.</ref>
* {{Flag|Italy}}:
**[[File:Cordone di gran Croce OMRI BAR.svg|70px]] Knight Grand Cross of the [[Order of Merit of the Italian Republic]] (1977) {{efn|The Aga Khan is the first Muslim to receive the honour.}}<ref name= "List of honours" />
**[[File:1020px ribbon bar of the Order of Merit for Labour.svg|70px]] Knight of the [[Order of Merit for Labour]] (1988)<ref name= "List of honours" />
* {{flag|Ivory Coast}}:
**[[File:Cote d'Ivoire Ordre national GC ribbon.svg|70px]] Grand Cross of the [[National Order of the Ivory Coast]] (1965)<ref name= "List of honours" />
* {{Flag|Kenya}}:
**[[File:Order of the Golden Heart of Kenya.svg|70px]] Chief of the [[Order of the Golden Heart of Kenya]] (CGH, 2007)<ref name= "List of honours" /><ref>[http://allafrica /stories/200708160085.html Kenya: Country Honours Aga Khan (Page 1 of 1)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121011220327/http://allafrica /stories/200708160085.html |date=11 October 2012 }} – website allAfrica </ref>
* {{Flag|Madagascar}}:
**[[File:MDG National Order - Grand Cross 2nd Class BAR.png|70px]] Grand Cross 2nd Class of the [[National Order of Madagascar]] (1966)<ref name= "List of honours" />
* {{Flag|Mali}}:
**[[File:Mali Ordre national du Mali GC ribbon.svg|70px]] Grand Cross of the [[National Order of Mali]] (2008)<ref name= "List of honours" />
* {{Flag|Mauritania}}:
**[[File:MRT Commander Order of National Merit.png|MRT Commander Order of National Merit|70px]] Commander of the [[National Order of Merit (Mauritania)|National Order of Merit]] (1960)<ref name= "List of honours" />
* {{Flag|Morocco}}:
**[[File:MAR Order of the Throne - Special Class BAR.png|70px]] Grand Cordon of the [[Order of the Throne]] (1986)<ref name= "List of honours" />
* {{Flag|Pakistan}}:
**[[File:Order of Pakistan.png|70px]] [[Nishan-e-Pakistan]] (NPk, 1983)<ref name= "List of honours" />
**[[File:Nishan-i-Imtiaz Pakistan.svg|70px]] [[Nishan-i-Imtiaz]] (NI, 1970)<ref name= "List of honours" />
* {{Flag|Portugal}}:
**[[File:PRT Order of Liberty - Grand Cross BAR.svg|70px]] Grand Cross of the [[Order of Liberty]] (GCL, 2017)<ref>[https://dre.pt/web/guest/pesquisa/-/search/108231492/details/maximized Alvará (extrato) n.º 11/2017] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180626192536/https://dre.pt/web/guest/pesquisa/-/search/108231492/details/maximized |date=26 June 2018 }}. ''[[Diário da República]]'' n.º 189/2017, Série II de 29 September 2017</ref>
**[[File:PRT Order of Christ - Grand Cross BAR.svg|70px]] Grand Cross of the [[Order of Christ (Portugal)|Order of Christ]] (GCC, 2005)<ref name= "List of honours" />
**[[File:POR Ordem do Merito Gra-Cruz BAR.svg|70px]] Grand Cross of the [[Order of Merit (Portugal)|Order of Merit]] (GCM, 1998)<ref name= "List of honours" />
**[[File:PRT Order of Prince Henry - Grand Cross BAR.svg|70px]] Grand Cross of the [[Order of Prince Henry]] (GCIH, 1960)<ref name= "List of honours" />
* {{Flag|Senegal}}:
**[[File:SEN Order of the Lion - Grand Officer BAR.svg|70px]] Grand Officer of the [[National Order of the Lion]] (1982)<ref name= "List of honours" />
* {{Flag|Spain}}:
**[[File:Order of Civil Merit (Spain) GC.svg|70px]] Grand Cross of the [[Order of Civil Merit]] (1991)<ref name= "List of honours" /><ref>[https://boe.es/diario_boe/txt.php?id=BOE-A-1991-28831 Boletín Oficial del Estado]</ref>
* {{Flag|Tajikistan}}:
**[[File:TJ Zarrintoch rib.png|70px]] Recipient of the Order of Friendship (1998)<ref name= "List of honours" />
* {{Flag|Uganda}}:
**[[File:Order of the Pearl of Africa (Uganda) - ribbon bar.gif|70px]] Collar of the [[Order of the Pearl of Africa]] (2017)<ref>{{cite news |title=Mawlana Hazar Imam presented with Uganda's highest honour |url=https://the.ismaili/news/mawlana-hazar-imam-presented-uganda%E2%80%99s-highest-honour |access-date=22 July 2018 |work=The Ismaili |date=8 October 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180722101157/https://the.ismaili/news/mawlana-hazar-imam-presented-uganda%E2%80%99s-highest-honour |archive-date=22 July 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* {{Flag|United Kingdom}}:
**[[File:Order of the British Empire (Civil) Ribbon.svg|70px]] Ordinary Knight Commander of the [[Order of the British Empire]] (KBE, 2003)<ref name= "British knighthood" /><ref name= "List of honours" />
* {{flagicon|Upper Volta|1958}} [[Republic of Upper Volta|Upper Volta]]:
**[[File:Haute-Volta Ordre national voltaique Chevalier ribbon.svg|70px]] Grand Cross of the National Order of Upper Volta (1965)<ref name= "List of honours" />
* {{flagicon|Zanzibar|1963}} [[Sultanate of Zanzibar|Zanzibar]]:
**[[File:Order of the Brilliant Star of Zanzibar - ribbon bar.gif|70px]] Grand Cross of the [[Order of the Brilliant Star of Zanzibar]] (1957)<ref name= "List of honours" />

===Honorary degrees===
* {{Flagu|Canada}}: Honorary [[Doctor of Laws|LL.D.]] degree, [[Simon Fraser University]] (2018)<ref>{{cite web|url=https:// sfu.ca/university-communications/media-releases/2018/10/ubc-and-sfu-award-honorary-degrees-to-his-highness-the-aga-khan.html|title=UBC and SFU award honorary degrees to His Highness the Aga Khan – University Communications – Simon Fraser University}}{{Dead link|date=September 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
* {{Flagu|Canada}}: Honorary [[Doctor of Laws|LL.D.]] degree, [[University of British Columbia]] (2018)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.ubc.ca/2018/10/17/event-ubc-and-sfu-award-honorary-degrees-to-his-highness-the-aga-khan/|title=Event: UBC and SFU award honorary degrees to His Highness the Aga Khan|date=17 October 2018}}</ref>
* {{Flagu|Canada}}: Honorary [[Doctor of Laws|LL.D.]] degree, [[University of Calgary]] (2018)<ref>{{cite web|url=https:// ucalgary.ca/utoday/issue/2018-10-19/his-highness-aga-khan-receives-ucalgary-honorary-degree-special-ceremony|title=His Highness the Aga Khan receives UCalgary honorary degree at special ceremony|date=17 October 2018}}</ref>
* {{Flagu|Canada}}: Honorary [[Doctor of Laws|LL.D.]] degree, [[McGill University]] (1983)<ref>{{cite web|url=https:// mcgill.ca/secretariat/sites/mcgill.ca.secretariat/files/hondoclist Alpha _0.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=7 February 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130722105517/http:// mcgill.ca/secretariat/sites/mcgill.ca.secretariat/files/hondoclist Alpha _0.pdf |archive-date=22 July 2013 }}</ref>
* {{Flagu|Canada}}: Honorary LL.D. degree, [[McMaster University]] (1987)<ref>[http:// mcmaster.ca/univsec/reports_lists/S_HD_Recipients.pdf Honorary Degree Recipients (Chronological) 1892–Present] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170703144417/http:// mcmaster.ca/univsec/reports_lists/S_HD_Recipients.pdf |date=3 July 2017 }}. McMaster University</ref>
* {{Flagu|Canada}}: Honorary LL.D. degree, [[University of Toronto]] (2004)<ref>{{cite web|url=http:// magazine.utoronto.ca/all-about-alumni/aga-khan-ed-mirvish-honorary-degree/|title=Aga Khan Receives Honorary Degree – Roberta Jamieson, Ed Mirvish Honorary Degree – Spring 2016 – University of Toronto Magazine|date=5 September 2004 |access-date=13 September 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140913082306/http:// magazine.utoronto.ca/all-about-alumni/aga-khan-ed-mirvish-honorary-degree/|archive-date=13 September 2014|url-status=live}}</ref>
* {{Flagu|Canada}}: Honorary LL.D. degree, [[University of Alberta]] (2009)<ref>{{cite web|url=http:// senate.ualberta.ca/HonoraryDegrees/PastHonoraryDegreeRecipients.aspx|title=Past Honorary Degree Recipients|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304185921/http:// senate.ualberta.ca/HonoraryDegrees/PastHonoraryDegreeRecipients.aspx|archive-date=4 March 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* {{Flagu|Canada}}: Honorary [[Doctor of the University|DUniv]] degree, [[University of Ottawa]] (2012)<ref>{{cite web|url=https:// uottawa.ca/president/honorary-doctorates/citations/khan-aga-2012|title=Honorary doctorates – Office of the President – University of Ottawa|access-date=17 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160508145741/http:// uottawa.ca/president/honorary-doctorates/citations/khan-aga-2012|archive-date=8 May 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* {{Flagu|Canada}}: Honorary D.S.Litt. degree, [[University of Toronto]] (2013)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.utoronto.ca/aga-khan-receives-honorary-degree-trinity-college-u-t|title=The Aga Khan receives honorary degree from Trinity College at U of T|work=University of Toronto|access-date=13 September 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140912233632/http:// news.utoronto.ca/aga-khan-receives-honorary-degree-trinity-college-u-t|archive-date=12 September 2014|url-status=live}}</ref>
* {{Flagu|Canada}}: Honorary D.Litt. degree in medieval studies, [[Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies]] (2016)<ref>{{Cite web |title=PIMS Honours the Aga Khan |url=https://pims.ca/news-item/pims-honours-the-aga-khan/ |access-date=21 September 2019 |website=PIMS |date=June 2016 |language=en}}</ref>
* {{Flagu|Pakistan}}: Honorary LL.D. degree, [[University of Sindh]] (1970)<ref>{{Cite web|title=Honorary Doctorate of Laws from the University of Sindh {{!}} Aga Khan Development Network|url=https:// akdn.org/speech/his-highness-aga-khan/honorary-doctorate-laws-university-sindh|access-date=2020-07-22|website= akdn.org}}</ref>
* {{Flagu|Portugal}}: Honorary [[PhD]] degree, [[Universidade Nova de Lisboa|NOVA University of Lisbon]] (2017)<ref>{{cite web|url=http:// unl.pt/en/calendar/general/honoris-causa-doctorate-his-highness-shah-karim-al-hussaini-prince-aga-khan-20-july|title=-Honoris Causa doctorate of His Highness Shah Karim Al-Hussaini, Prince Aga Khan – 20 July|work=Nova University of Lisbon|access-date=26 July 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170717022118/http:// unl.pt/en/calendar/general/honoris-causa-doctorate-his-highness-shah-karim-al-hussaini-prince-aga-khan-20-july|archive-date=17 July 2017|url-status=live|date=3 July 2017}}</ref>
* {{Flagu|United Kingdom}}: Honorary LL.D. degree, [[University of Wales]] (1993)<ref>[http:// wales.ac.uk/Resources/Documents/Governance/5HonoursandOfficers.pdf Graddedigion er Anrhydedd / Honorary Graduates] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140813011305/http:// wales.ac.uk/Resources/Documents/Governance/5HonoursandOfficers.pdf |date=13 August 2014 }} – website of the University of Wales</ref>
* {{Flagu|United Kingdom}}: Honorary [[Doctor of Divinity|D.D.]] degree, [[University of Cambridge]] (2009)<ref>[http:// theismaili.org/cms/735/Eight-hundred-yearold-Cambridge-University-awards-Mawlana-Hazar-Imam-an-honorary-degree Eight hundred year-old Cambridge University awards Mawlana Hazar Imam an honorary degree] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100507120431/http:// theismaili.org/cms/735/Eight-hundred-yearold-Cambridge-University-awards-Mawlana-Hazar-Imam-an-honorary-degree |date=7 May 2010 }}. Theismaili.org.</ref>
* {{Flagu|United States}}: Honorary LL.D. degree, [[Brown University]] (1996)<ref>[http:// brown.edu/campus-life/events/ogden/previous-ogden-lectures/his-highness-aga-khan Previous Ogden Lectures: His Highness the Aga Khan] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151117144049/http:// brown.edu/campus-life/events/ogden/previous-ogden-lectures/his-highness-aga-khan |date=17 November 2015 }} – website of the Brown University</ref>
* {{Flagu|United States}}: Honorary LL.D. degree, [[Harvard University]] (2008)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://harvardmagazine /2008/07/honoris-causa-html|title=Harvard Magazine|access-date=13 November 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130926231536/http://harvardmagazine /2008/07/honoris-causa-html|archive-date=26 September 2013|url-status=live|date=July 2008}}</ref>

===Awards===
* {{Flagu|Canada}}: [[List of Keys to the City in Canada|Key to the City]] of [[Ottawa]] (2005)<ref name= "List of honours" />
* {{Flagu|Canada}}: [[Honorary Canadian citizenship]] (2010)<ref>{{cite hansard|url=http:// parl.gc.ca/HousePublications/Publication.aspx?Language=E&Mode=1&Parl=40&Ses=2&DocId=4012641#SOB-2849627|title=House of Commons Debates: 40th Parliamenet, 2nd Session|date=19 June 2009|house=House of Commons|access-date=26 February 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130507121741/http:// parl.gc.ca/HousePublications/Publication.aspx?DocId=4012641&Language=E&Mode=1&Parl=40&Ses=2#SOB-2849627|archive-date=7 May 2013|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Halfnight|first=Adam McDowell and Drew|url=http:// nationalpost /Harper+makes+Khan+honorary+Canadian/3084925/story.html|title=Harper makes Aga Khan honorary Canadian|newspaper=National Post|date=2010-05-27|access-date=2020-04-13|language=en-CA|issn=1486-8008}}</ref>
* {{Flagu|Canada}}: [[List of Keys to the City in Canada|Key to the City]] of [[Toronto]] (2022)<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-09-25 |title=His Highness the Aga Khan honoured with a Key to the City and ceremonial street renaming |url=https:// toronto.ca/news/his-highness-the-aga-khan-honoured-with-a-key-to-the-city-and-ceremonial-street-renaming/ |access-date=2024-03-18 |website=City of Toronto |language=en-CA}}</ref>
* {{Flagu|France}}: Silver Medal of the [[Académie d'Architecture]] (1991)<ref name= "List of honours" />
* {{Flagu|France}}: Insignia of Honour, [[International Union of Architects]] (2001)<ref name= "List of honours" />
* {{Flagu|France}}: Associate Foreign Member, [[Académie des Beaux-Arts]] (2008)<ref name= "List of honours" />
* {{Flagu|France}}: Philanthropic Entrepreneur of the Year, by Le Nouvel Economiste, Paris (2009)<ref name= "List of honours" />
* {{Flagu|Germany}}: Die Quadriga Award, the United We Care Award (2005)<ref name= "List of honours" />
* {{Flagu|Germany}}: Tolerance Prize of the Evangelical Academy of [[Tutzing]] (2006)<ref name= "List of honours" />
* {{Flagu|Italy}}: Honorary Citizen of the Town of [[Arzachena]] ([[Sardinia]]) (1962)<ref name= "List of honours" />
* {{Flagu|Italy}}: [[Gold Mercury Ad Personam Award]], Non-State Organization (1982)<ref name= "List of honours" />
* {{flag|Ivory Coast}}: Freeman of [[Abidjan]], and presented with a Key to the City of [[Abidjan]] (1960)<ref name= "List of honours" />
* {{flag|Jordan}}: One of [[The 500 Most Influential Muslims]] in the world, by [[Royal Islamic Strategic Studies Centre]] (2009–13)
* {{Flagu|Kazakhstan}}: State Award for Peace and Progress (2002)<ref name= "List of honours" />
* {{Flagu|Kazakhstan}}: Honoured Educator of the Republic of Kazakhstan (2008)<ref name= "List of honours" />
* {{Flagu|Kenya}}: Honorary Citizen of the Town of [[Kisumu]] (1981)<ref name= "List of honours" />
* {{Flagu|Madagascar}}: Key to the city of [[Majunga]] (1966)<ref name= "List of honours" />
* {{Flagu|Mali}}: Honorary Citizen of the Islamic Ummah of [[Timbuktu]] (2003)<ref name= "List of honours" />
* {{Flagu|Mali}}: Citizen of Honour of the Municipality of [[Timbuktu]] (2008)<ref name= "List of honours" />
* {{Flagu|Pakistan}}: [[Colonel commandant|Honorary Colonel]] of the 6th Lancers by the [[Pakistani Army]] (1970)<ref name= "List of honours" />
* {{Flagu|Pakistan}}: Honorary Citizen of [[Lahore]], and presented with a key to the city of [[Lahore]] (1980)<ref name= "List of honours" />
* {{Flagu|Pakistan}}: Honorary Membership, Pakistan Medical Association, [[Sindh]] (1981)<ref name= "List of honours" />
* {{Flagu|Pakistan}}: Key to the city of [[Karachi]] (1981)<ref name= "List of honours" />
* {{Flagu|Pakistan}}: Honorary Fellowship of the [[College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan]] (CPSP) (1985)<ref name= "List of honours" />
* {{Flagu|Portugal}}: Key to the City of [[Lisbon]] (1996)<ref name= "List of honours" />
* {{Flagu|Portugal}}: Foreign Member, Class of Humanities, by [[Lisbon Academy of Sciences]] (2009)<ref name= "List of honours" />
* {{Flagu|Portugal}}: 2013 [[North–South Prize]] of the [[Council of Europe]] (2014)
* {{Flagu|Portugal}}: Key to the City of [[Porto]] (2019)
* {{Flagu|Scotland}}: [[Andrew Carnegie Medal of Philanthropy|Carnegie Medal]] for Philanthropy (2005)<ref name= "List of honours" />
* {{Flagu|Spain}}: Guest of Honour of [[Granada]] (1991)<ref name= "List of honours" />
* {{Flagu|Spain}}: Honorary Citizen of [[Granada]] (1991)<ref name= "List of honours" />
* {{Flagu|Spain}}: Gold Medal of the City of [[Granada]] (1998)<ref name= "List of honours" />
* {{Flagu|Spain}}: Royal [[Toledo, Spain|Toledo]] Foundation (Real Fundación de Toledo) Award (2006)<ref name= "List of honours" />
* {{Flagu|Sweden}}: Archon Award, International Nursing Honour Society, [[Sigma Theta Tau]] International (2001)<ref name= "List of honours" />
* {{Flagu|Tanzania}}: Honorary Citizen of [[Dar es Salaam]] (2005)<ref name= "List of honours" />
* {{Flagu|United Kingdom}}: The Gold Mercury International "AD PERSONAM" Award (1982)<ref name= "List of honours" />
* {{Flagu|United Kingdom}}: Honorary Fellowship, [[Royal Institute of British Architects]] (1991)<ref name= "List of honours" />
* {{Flagu|United Kingdom}}: Andrew Carnegie Medal of Philanthropy (2005)<ref name= "List of honours" />
* {{Flagu|United Kingdom}}: Winner of the 10th annual [[Peter O'Sullevan]] Award at the Savoy in London (2006)<ref name= "List of honours" />
* {{Flagu|United States}}: Thomas Jefferson Memorial Foundation Medal in Architecture, [[University of Virginia]] (1984)<ref name= "List of honours" />
* {{Flagu|United States}}: Institute Honor of the [[American Institute of Architects]] (1984)<ref name= "List of honours" />
* {{Flagu|United States}}: Honorary Member of the [[American Institute of Architects]] (1992)<ref name= "List of honours" />
* {{Flagu|United States}}: Foreign Honorary Member of the [[American Academy of Arts and Sciences]] (1996)<ref name=AAAS>{{cite web|title=Book of Members, 1780–2010: Chapter A|url=http:// amacad.org/publications/BookofMembers/ChapterA.pdf|publisher=American Academy of Arts and Sciences|access-date=6 April 2011| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110510021801/http:// amacad.org/publications/BookofMembers/ChapterA.pdf| archive-date=10 May 2011 | url-status= live}}</ref>
* {{Flagu|United States}}: Hadrian Award, [[World Monuments Fund]] (1996)<ref name= "List of honours" />
* {{Flagu|United States}}: [[Vincent Scully Prize]], [[National Building Museum]] (2005)<ref name= "List of honours" />
* {{Flagu|United States}}: Key to the City of [[Austin, Texas|Austin]] (2008)<ref name= "List of honours" />
* {{Flagu|United States}}: [[UCSF]] medal (2011) <ref>{{cite web |title=UCSF Medal |url=https://chancellor.ucsf.edu/chancellor-awards/ucsf-medal |website=Office of the Chancellor |access-date=1 July 2020 |language=en}}</ref>
* {{Flagu|United States}}: Key to the City of [[Sugar Land, Texas]] (2018)<ref name= "List of honours" />
* {{Flagu|United States}}: ULI [[J.C. Nichols]] Prize for Visionaries in [[Urban Development]], Los Angeles (2011)<ref name= "List of honours" />
* {{Flagu|Uzbekistan}}: Honorary Citizen of the City of [[Samarkand]] and presented with a key to the city of [[Samarkand]] (1992)<ref name= "List of honours" />

==Hashemite ancestry==
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|1= 1. '''Aga Khan IV'''
|2= 2. [[Aly Khan|Prince Aly Khan]]
|3= 3. [[Joan Yarde-Buller|Princess Taj-ud-dawlah]]
|4= 4. [[Aga Khan III]]
|5= 5. Cleope Teresa Magliano
|6= 6. [[John Yarde-Buller, 3rd Baron Churston]]
|7= 7. [[Denise Orme|Jessie Smither]]
|8= 8. [[Aga Khan II]]
|9= 9. [[Begum]] Shams al-Muluk
|12= 12. [[John Yarde-Buller, 2nd Baron Churston]]
|13= 13. Barbara Yelverton
|14= 14. Alfred John Smither
|15= 15. Jessica Henrietta Pococke
}}

===Patrilineal descent===

{{chart top|text-align=left|Patrilineal descent<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ismailignosis /2016/07/09/the-aga-khans-direct-descent-from-prophet-muhammad-historical-proof/ |title=The Aga Khan's Direct Descent from Prophet Muhammad: Historical Proof |website=Ismaili Gnosis |date=9 July 2016 |access-date=8 October 2019 }}</ref>}}
Shah Karim al-Hussaini Aga Khan's patriline is the line from which he is descended father to son.

;Nizari Imams of the Fatimid Dynasty
#[[Adnan]]
#[[Ma'ad ibn Adnan]]
#Nizar ibn Ma'ad
#Mudar ibn Nizar
#Ilyas ibn Mudar
#[[Mudrikah ibn Ilyas]]
#Khuzayma ibn Mudrika
#Kinanah ibn Khuzayma
#[[An-Nadr ibn Kinanah]]
#Malik ibn Al-Nadr
#[[Fihr ibn Malik]]
#Ghalib ibn Fihr
#[[Lu'ayy ibn Ghalib]]
#[[Ka'b ibn Lu'ayy]]
#[[Murrah ibn Ka'b]]
#[[Kilab ibn Murrah]] b. ca. 372
#[[Qusay ibn Kilab]] ca. 400-ca. 480
#[[Abd Manaf ibn Qusai]]
#[[Hashim ibn Abd Manaf]], ca. 464-ca. 497
#[[Abd al-Muttalib]], ca. 497–578
#[[Abu Talib ibn Abd al-Muttalib]], 535–619
#4th Caliph and 1st Imam [[Ali ibn Abu Talib]], 601–661, cousin and son-in-law of the Prophet [[Muhammad]]
#2nd Imam [[Husayn ibn Ali]], 626–680
#3rd Imam [[Ali ibn Husayn Zayn al-Abidin]], 659–713
#4th Imam [[Muhammad al-Baqir]], 677–733
#5th Imam [[Jafar al-Sadiq]], ca. 702–765
#6th Imam [[Ismail ibn Jafar]], ca. 722-ca. 762
#7th Imam [[Muhammad ibn Ismail]], 740–813
#8th Imam [[Ahmad al-Wafi]], 795/746-827/828
#9th Imam [[Muhammad at-Taqi (Isma'ili)]], 813/814-839/840
#10th Imam [[Radi Abdullah]], 832–881
#11th Imam Caliph [[Abdullah al-Mahdi Billah]], 873–934
#12th Imam Caliph [[Al-Qa'im (Fatimid caliph)|Al-Qa'im]], 893–946
#13th Imam Caliph [[Al-Mansur Billah]], 914–953
#14th Imam Caliph [[Al-Mu'izz li-Din Allah]], 932–975
#15th Imam Caliph [[Al-Aziz Billah]], 955–996
#16th Imam Caliph [[Al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah]], 985–1021
#17th Imam Caliph [[Ali az-Zahir]], 1005–1036
#18th Imam Caliph [[Al-Mustansir Billah]], 1029–1094
#19th Imam [[Nizar al-Mustafa]], 1045–1095
#20th Imam [[Ali al-Hadi ibn Nizar|Ali Al-Husayn Al-Hadi]], 1076–1132
#21st Imam Al-Muhtadi, Muhammad I, 1106–1157
#22nd Imam Al-Qahir, Hasan I, 1126–1162
#23rd Imam [[Hassan II of Alamut]] (also referred to as 'Alā Zikrihi-s-Salām), 1142/1145-1166
#24th Imam [[Muhammad II of Alamut]], 1148–1210
#25th Imam [[Hassan III of Alamut]], 1187–1221
#26th Imam [[Muhammad III of Alamut]], 1211–1255
#27th Imam [[Rukn al-Din Khurshah]], ca. 1230-1256/1257
#28th Imam [[Shams al-Din (Nizari)]], 1257–1310
#29th Imam [[Qasim Shah]], 1310–1368
#30th Imam Islam Shah, d. 1424
#31st Imam [[Muhammad ibn Islam Shah]], d. 1464
#32nd Imam [[Al-Mustansir Billah II (Nizari imam)|Ali Shah Qalandar, al-Mustansir Billah II]], d. 1480
#33rd Imam [[Abd-us-Salam Shah]], d. 1494
#34th Imam [[Al-Mustansir Billah III|Abbas Shah Gharib, al-Mustansir Billah III]], d. 1498
#35th Imam [[Abu Dharr Ali|Abuzar Ali Nur Shah]], d. ca. 1509
#36th Imam [[Murād Mīrzā]], d. 1574
#37th Imam [[Dhu-l-Fiqar Ali|Zulfiqar Ali, Khalilullah I]], d. 1634
#38th Imam Nur al-Din Ali, d. 1671
#39th Imam [[Khalilullah II Ali|Ali, Khalilullah II]], d. 1680
#40th Imam [[Shah Nizar II]], d. 1722
#41st Imam [[Sayyid Ali (Nizari imam)|Sayed Ali]], d. ca. 1736
#42nd Imam [[Sayyid Hasan Ali|Al-Hassan Ali Beg]], d. ca. 1747
#43rd Imam Sayed Jafar, Al-Qasim Ali, d. ca. 1756
#44th Imam Abū-l-Hasan ʻAlī, d. 1792
#45th Imam [[Shah Khalilullah III]], 1740–1817
#46th Imam Hasan Ali Shah, [[Aga Khan I]], 1804–1881
#47th Imam Aqa Ali Shah, [[Aga Khan II]], 1830–1885
#48th Imam Sultan Muhammad Shah, [[Aga Khan III]], 1877–1957
#Prince Sayyid [[Aly Khan]], 1911– 1960
#49th Imam Shah Karim Al-Hussaini, Aga Khan IV, b. 1936
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==References==
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==External links==
{{Sister project links | wikt=no | b=no | n=no |s=no | v=no | voy=no | species=no |d=Q311793 | display=Aga Khan IV}}
* [http:// akdn.org/about_us/his-highness-aga-khan His Highness the Aga Khan]
* [http:// nanowisdoms.org NanoWisdoms Archive – Dedicated to the Aga Khan's speeches and interviews (over 600 readings and 1,000 quotes)]
* [http:// amaana.org/ismaili/imamat-day-july-11-2013/ His Highness the Aga Khan Spiritual Leader of Shia Ismailis]
* [http:// agakhanfilm.org An Islamic Conscience: the Aga Khan and the Ismailis – Film of HH the Aga Khan IV] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181129164637/http:// agakhanfilm.org/ |date=29 November 2018 }}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20111106113929/http:// theismaili.org/cms/14/The-Aga-Khan About His Highness the Karim Aga Khan]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20060520174934/http:// princessinaara.org/ About Her Highness the Begum Aga Khan (PIF)]
* [https://the.akdn/en/home Aga Khan Development Network]
* [http:// iis.ac.uk/ The Institute of Ismaili Studies]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20080930190206/http:// iis.ac.uk/view_article.asp?ContentID=103467 The Institute of Ismaili Studies: Introduction to His Highness the Aga Khan and Selected Speeches]
* [http:// sipa.columbia.edu/news_events/announcements/aga_khan.html Aga Khan article at SIPA (Columbia University)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060619123135/http://sipa.columbia.edu/news_events/announcements/aga_khan.html |date=19 June 2006 }}
* [http:// brown.edu/Administration/News_Bureau/1995-96/95-147i.html Brown University President Vartan Gregorian's introduction of the Aga Khan (1996 baccalaureate address)]
* [http:// theismaili.org The Ismaili website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170710093655/http:// theismaili.org/ |date=10 July 2017 }}
* [http:// readthespirit /interfaith_heroes/2009/01/2nd-annual-interfaith-heroes-month-no-28-karim-alhussayni-aga-khan-iv-.html.html Read the spirit]{{Dead link|date=July 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
* [https://qz /1025313/a-rare-interview-with-the-aga-khan-on-poverty-climate-change-and-demistifying-islam/ A rare interview with the Aga Khan on poverty, climate change, and demystifying Islam] [[Quartz (publication)|''Quartz'']]
* [https://ismailignosis /2015/08/02/the-secret-life-of-the-aga-khan/ The Secret Life of the Aga Khan]

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