Aga Khan IV is survived by his four children – Zahra, Rahim, Hussain, and Aly Muhammad. Zahra, Rahim, and Hussain are Prince Karim Al-Husseini’s children from his first marriage with Salimah ...

“The Imam is dead, long live the Imam!” With these words, Prince Aly Khan, the man who would have been Imam, embraced his son, the 20-year-old Prince Karim Al-Hussaini, and solemnly ...

His grandfather, the Aga Khan III, unexpectedly bequeathed him the title upon his death in 1957, bypassing his playboy son Prince Aly Khan, Prince Karim's father. Queen Elizabeth II granted the ...

Born in Geneva on 13 December 1936 to Prince Aly Khan and the former British socialite Joan Yarde-Buller, he was bequeathed the title of Aga Khan in 1957 at the age of 20 by his grandfather ...

His appointment was a break from tradition, bypassing his father, Prince Aly Khan, due to his grandfather's belief that the rapidly changing world required a young and dynamic leader. According to ...