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Aga Khan III. Sir Sultan Mahomed Shah ( Arabic: سلطان محمد شاه, romanized : Sulṭān Muḥammad Shāh; 2 November 1877 – 11 July 1957), known as Aga Khan III ( Persian: آقا خان سوم, romanized : Āqā Khān Suwwūm ), was the 48th imam of the Nizari Ism'aili branch of Shia Islam. He was one of the founders and the first ...
e. Aga Khan ( Persian: آقاخان, Arabic: آغا خان; also transliterated as Aqa Khan and Agha Khan) [1] is a title held by the Imām of the Nizari Ismāʿīli Shias. Since 1957, the holder of the title has been the 49th Imām, Prince Shah Karim al-Husseini, Aga Khan IV (born 1936). Aga Khan claims to be a direct descendant of Muhammad ...
Aga Khan III. Sultan Mahommed Shah, Aga Khan III, GCSI, GCMG, GCIE, GCVO, PC (November 2, 1877 – July 11, 1957) was the 48th Imam of the Shia Ismaili Muslims. He was one of the founders and the first president of the All-India Muslim League, and served as President of the League of Nations from 1937-38. He is considered to be a founding ...
May 17, 2024 · Aga Khan III (born November 2, 1877, Karachi, India [now in Pakistan]—died July 11, 1957, Versoix, Switzerland) was the only son of the Aga Khan II. He succeeded his father as imam (leader) of the Nizārī Ismāʿīlī sect in 1885. Aga Khan III, a noted horse racing enthusiast, at the Longchamp racetrack in Paris, c. 1935.
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Ismaili History 833 - Marriages of the Aga Khan III. The first marriage of the Aga Khan took place in 1314/1897 with Shahzadi Begum, the daughter of his uncle Aga Jhangi Shah, at Poona. In 1908, he married to Mlle Theresa Maglioni (d. 1926) in Cairo, who bore Prince Aly Salomone Khan on June 13, 1911 at Turin in Italy.
Aga Khan II. Aqa Ali Shah ( Persian: آقا علی شاه, romanized : Āqā ʿAlī Shāh; 1830–1885), known as Aga Khan II ( Persian: آغا خان دوّم, romanized : Āghā Khān Duwwūm ), was the 47th imam of the Nizari Isma'ili Muslims. A member of the Iranian royal family, he became the Imam in 1881. During his lifetime, he helped to ...
Nov 3, 2016 · On the birthday of Imam Sultan Muhammad Shah Aga Khan III, an abbreviated timeline of some of his great accomplishments is given below: 1897 – Knight Commander of the Indian Empire by Queen Victoria. 1899 – Star of Persia by the Shah of Persia. 1907-1914 – Founding Member and President of the All-India Muslim League.
