Aga Khan, spiritual leader of Ismaili Muslims, dies at the age of 88 | News of the obituary
The spiritual leader of the community Ismaili Shia was known for his developmental works around the world.
Aga Khan, the spiritual leader of the Muslim community Ismaili Shia and known for his developmental works around the world, died in Lisbon at the age of 88.
According to the development network of Aga Khan, the announcement of the appointment of the heir to Karim al-Husseini, as he was known, will soon be held.
The heir will be elected from the male offspring of Aga Khan, according to the tradition of Ismaili.
Aga Khan has lived in France for a long time and has been headquartered in Portugal in recent years. Its development network and foundation based in Switzerland. He will be buried in Lisbon. He was survived by three sons and a daughter and several grandchildren.
He was born on December 13, 1936 in Geneva and spent his early childhood in Nairobi, Kenya. He later returned to Switzerland, attending Le Rosey’s exclusive school before leaving for the United States to study Islamic history at Harvard.
When his grandfather Sir Sultan Mahomed Shah Aga Khan died in 1957, he became an Imam Muslim Ismaili, a branch of Shiite Islam, at the age of 20.
I am deeply sad with the news that his highness Prince Karim al-Hussini, Ago Khan IV, passed away. He was a symbol of peace, tolerance and compassion in our problematic world.
I express the deepest condolences of the family of his Highness and Ismail of the Community. pic.twitter.com/vvxcrq8zpq
– António Guterres (@Antonioguterreres) 4 February 2025
Just as Aga Khan-derived from the Turkish and Persian words that the commander-Ismailis meant that the direct descendant of the prophet Muhammad was through the cousin of prophets and son-in-law, Ali and his wife Fatima, the prophet of the prophet.
Aga Khan was a defender of Islamic culture and value and was widely considered to be the builders of bridges between Muslim societies and the West, despite his restraint to get involved in politics.
The multimillionaire also enjoyed a lavish lifestyle, which was characterized by private planes, supejahts and a private island in the Bahamas. He held British, French, Swiss and Portuguese citizenship.
The AGA Khan Development Network, its main philanthropic organization, mainly deals with health care, residential care, education and rural economic development.
He claims to work in more than 30 countries, employing 96,000 people and has an annual budget of about $ 1 billion for development activities. It helps to build schools and hospitals in the poorest parts of Africa and Asia.
