Aga Khan IV was born in Geneva, Switzerland, on 13 December 1936, as Prince Karim, 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).

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

1 day ago · Aga Khan IV (born December 13, 1936, Geneva, Switzerland—died February 4, 2025, Lisbon, Portugal) was the wealthy and worldly spiritual leader of the Nizārī Ismāʿīlī sect from his appointment as the 49th imam in the sect in 1957, following the death of his grandfather, the Aga Khan III, until his death in 2025.

6 days ago · Prince Karim, as the Aga Khan IV was known as a youth, in 1953, when he was a student at the exclusive Institut Le Rosey in Geneva. He and other students were on the shore of Lake Geneva.

3 days ago · The Aga Khan IV was born in Switzerland as Prince Karim Al-Hussaini in 1936, the eldest son of renowned playboy Prince Aly Khan and his wife Joan, the daughter of a British baron.

6 days ago · The Aga Khan, who became the spiritual leader of the world’s millions of Ismaili Muslims at age 20 as a Harvard undergraduate and poured a material empire built on billions of dollars in tithes ...

6 days ago · Life of the Aga Khan IV. Prince Shah Karim Al-Husseini was born on Dec 13, 1936 in Geneva and spent his early childhood in Nairobi, Kenya.

6 days ago · Prince Karim Al-Hussaini, Aga Khan IV and the 49th imam of Ismaili Muslims, has died at 88. In a statement shared to social media, the Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN) confirmed Prince Karim Al ...