Encyclopedia entry: Ismailis

Article: Aga Khan to tour US to mark his 50th anniversary as ...
AP Worldstream;  April 11, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... series of trips by the Aga Khan to mark his 50th ... Golden Jubilee, as imam of the Shia Ismaili ... development agencies. The Aga Khan was also scheduled ... Buda. The present Aga Khan succeeded his grandfather ... the 49th hereditary imam of the Ismaili Muslims ...

Article: Aga Khan
Encyclopedia of World Biography;      700+ words ...Aga Khan Aga Khan (chief commander) is the title of the imam, or spiritual leader, of the sect ... the age of 8 he succeeded his father, Aga Khan II, as imam. Under him the office reached its greatest ...

Article: Aga Khan ends 8-day tour of the US visits Georgia ...
AP Worldstream;  April 19, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... which marks the Aga Khan's 50th year as imam of the religious ... In his capacity as imam, he is also chair of the Aga Khan Development Network ... community's 49th imam. Gov. Sonny Perdue also welcomed the Aga Khan to the governor ...

Article: Aga Khan, Jet-Setting on a Higher Plane
The Washington Post;  January 26, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... years, Prince Karim Aga Khan IV has striven to overcome ... the 68-year-old Aga Khan is the 49th hereditary imam, a spiritual leader ... which they live. The Aga Khan is among those "helping ... his 50th year as imam. "He wants to leave ...

Article: Aga Khan, Prime Minister to review progress of ...
AKIpress News Agency;  November 5, 2008 ;     700+ words ...His Highness the Aga Khan, Imam (spiritual leader) of ... Oblast). His Highness the Aga Khan completed his 50th year as the 49th hereditary Imam of the Shia Ismaili Muslims on 11th July 2007. The Aga Khan leads a community of 15 ...

Article: Aga Khan Addresses Post 9/11 World.
PR Newswire;  June 23, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... His Highness the Aga Khan, Imam (spiritual leader ... creative partner. The Aga Khan is the 49th Imam (hereditary spiritual ... Islamic history, the Aga Khan, 65, succeeded his grandfather as Imam of the Ismailis in 1957 ...

Article: Review of 2007: this year the Aga Khan celebrated ...
Apollo;  December 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... old, Prince Karim Aga Khan IV is many things ... his 50th year as Imam or spiritual leader ... Ismaili Muslims, the Aga Khan may be a familiar ... activities, the Aga Khan has been very careful ... between his role as Imam of the Ismaili community ...