Imam of the Nizari Ismaili community Aga Khan III dancing with his wife Begum Om Habibeh Aga Khan during New Year's Eve. The French model wears a dress by Dior. 1951
ROYAL BIRTHDAYS Queen Ashi Tshering Yangdon Wangchuck of Bhutan {1959} (3rd concurrent wife of King-Father Jigme Singye Wangchuck of Bhutan & mother of King Jigme Khesar Namgyal Wangchuck of Bhutan) Prince William of Wales, The Duke of Cambridge, Earl of Strathearn, Baron Carrickfergus {1982} [son of The Prince Charles, Prince of Wales (son of Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom of Great Britain + Northern Ireland)] Archduke Ferdinand Zvonimir of Austria, Prince Imperial of Austria, Prince Royal of Hungary, Bohemia + Croatia {1997} (son of Archduke Karl of Austria) ROYAL ENGAGEMENT ANNIVERSARY Archduchess Marie-Christine of Austria, Princess Imperial of Austria, Princess Royal of Hungary, Bohemia + Croatia & Count Rodolphe of Limburg-Stirum {2008} ROYAL WEDDING ANNIVERSARIES Prince Christian Frederik of Denmark + Norway (future King Christian VIII of Denmark; former King Christian Frederik of Norway, 1814) & Duchess Charlotte Frederica of Mecklenburg-Schwerin {1806} [divorced 1810] Hereditary Grand Duke Guillaume of Luxembourg, Prince of Nassau-Weilburg (future Grand Duke Guillaume IV of Luxembourg) & Infanta Maria Ana [Maria Anna/Marie Anne] of Portugal, Princess of Braganza {1893} Princess Zahra Aga Khan & Mark Boyden {1997} [divorced 2005] Prince Charles-Philippe of Orleans, Duke of Anjou & Diana Alvares Pereira de Melo, 11th Duchess of Cadaval {2008}
Often persecuted and oppressed, the faith of my ancestors was never destroyed; at times it flourished as in the epoch of the Fatimite Khalifs, at times it was obscure and little understood. Imam Su…
Begum Om Habibeh Aga Khan, fourth and last wife of Sir Sultan Muhammad Shah, Aga Khan III, at a theatre in Paris, circa 1963.
"Imam of the Nizari Ismaili community Aga Khan III receiving an Indian princess with his wife, French model Begum Om Habibeh Aga Khan . 1950s "
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An exceptional collection of historical photographs of Mawlana Sultan Mahomed Shah spanning 71 years of his Imamat
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An exceptional collection of historical photographs of Mawlana Sultan Mahomed Shah spanning 71 years of his Imamat
His Highness Prince Karim Aga Khan IV (right) is now due to pay the £50million divorce settlement to his ex-wife, Gabriele Renate Inaara Zu Leiningen...
An exceptional collection of historical photographs of Mawlana Sultan Mahomed Shah spanning 71 years of his Imamat
Often persecuted and oppressed, the faith of my ancestors was never destroyed; at times it flourished as in the epoch of the Fatimite Khalifs, at times it was obscure and little understood. Imam Su…
An exceptional collection of historical photographs of Mawlana Sultan Mahomed Shah spanning 71 years of his Imamat
An exceptional collection of historical photographs of Mawlana Sultan Mahomed Shah spanning 71 years of his Imamat
Often persecuted and oppressed, the faith of my ancestors was never destroyed; at times it flourished as in the epoch of the Fatimite Khalifs, at times it was obscure and little understood. Imam Su…
Often persecuted and oppressed, the faith of my ancestors was never destroyed; at times it flourished as in the epoch of the Fatimite Khalifs, at times it was obscure and little understood. Imam Su…
Often persecuted and oppressed, the faith of my ancestors was never destroyed; at times it flourished as in the epoch of the Fatimite Khalifs, at times it was obscure and little understood. Imam Su…
Often persecuted and oppressed, the faith of my ancestors was never destroyed; at times it flourished as in the epoch of the Fatimite Khalifs, at times it was obscure and little understood. Imam Su…
Often persecuted and oppressed, the faith of my ancestors was never destroyed; at times it flourished as in the epoch of the Fatimite Khalifs, at times it was obscure and little understood. Imam Su…
On the website for Nizari Ismailism of which Prince Rahim Aga Khan is Imam it has been announced that Kendra Spears, 25, and Prince Rahim Aga Khan are expecting their first child.
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Mawlana Hazar Imam became the forty-ninth hereditary Imam of the Shia Imami Ismaili Muslims on July 11, 1957 while still a student at Harvard University.
In the 1930s, on an instruction from the Imam, the Nizari villages of Khorasan got their first schools.
Often persecuted and oppressed, the faith of my ancestors was never destroyed; at times it flourished as in the epoch of the Fatimite Khalifs, at times it was obscure and little understood. Imam Su…
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"French model Begum Om Habibeh Aga Khan escorting her husband, Imam of the Nizari Ismaili community Aga Khan III sitting on a wheelchair. 1950s "
Imam Sir Sultan Mahomed Shah Aga Khan III succeeded as Imam on August 17, 1885 at the age of eight years. At the age of nine, he received the honorific title of ‘His Highness’ from Quee…
In honour of the Aga Khan’s upcoming Jodidi Lecture at Harvard University, Ismaili Gnosis presents the following primer on the Aga Khan and the Shia Ismaili Muslims. We encourage our readers …
