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Article: High hopes: the Aga Khan in the Pamirs.(Prince Karim Aga Khan helps feed his people in the Pamir mountains of Tajikistan)
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- The Economist (US)
- Article date:
- June 3, 1995
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THE Aga Khan is interested in more than racehorses and an elegant life. As 49th Imam of the Ismaili Muslims and direct descendant of the prophet Muhammad, he tries to give spiritual guidance and practical help to the 12m-15m Ismaili Muslims who are scattered through 25 countries. He does it partly through a network of development agencies in Asia and Africa widely admired for their small-scale, self-help approach. So in late May His Highness Prince Karim Aga Khan went to meet, for the first time, his followers in the Pamir mountains in the heart of Central Asia.
A crowd of about 60,000 people gathered to hear their Imam speak near Khorog, the capital of the province ...