Aga Khan III
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Sir Sultan Muhammad Shah, known as Aga Khan III, was the 48th imam of the Nizari Ism'aili branch of Shia Islam. He is considered one of the founding fathers of Pakistan, and also served as the first p
Muhammad Shah in 1936
Muhammad Shah in Chicago, 1907 while on a tour of the United States.
Muhammad Shah and his horse Blenheim, ridden by Wragg, winner of the Epsom Derby (June 4, 1930)
Muhammad Shah and Yvonne, 1954.
Aga Khan IV
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Prince Shah Karim al-Hussaini, known simply as Aga Khan IV, was the 49th Imam of Nizari Isma'ili Shia Islam from 1957 until his death in 2025. He inherited the Nizari imamate and the title of Aga Khan
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…within a federal framework. His proposal was among the early detailed plans advocating federalism in colonial India. Shah was succeeded by his grandson, Karim al-Husseini, who became the 49th Imam of the Nizari Ismaili Muslims and assumed the title Aga Khan IV. At the time of his death on 11 July 1957, he was surrounded…
Karim al-Husseini in 2014
Al-Husseini skiing for Iran at the 1964 Winter Olympics
Karim al-Husseini receiving a gift of trinitite, residue from the first nuclear bomb detonation, while visiting the Los Alamos National Laboratory in 1959.
Karim al-Husseini's aircraft sitting at Entebbe International Airport, Uganda, in 2006