|
|
Encyclopedia entry: Aga Khan III
- Article from:
- Who's Who in the Twentieth Century
Copyright© Who's Who in the Twentieth Century 1999, originally published by Oxford University Press 1999. (Hide copyright information)
|
Aga Khan III (
Sultan Sir Mohammed Shah
; 1877–1957)
Imam (leader) of the Nizari branch of the Ismaili sect from 1885, who was a prominent leader of the Muslim communities in India. Of Persian descent, he was born in Karachi (then in India) and was educated in three traditions – the Islamic, oriental, and western. In 1906 the Aga Khan led a Muslim deputation to the British Viceroy of India, Lord Minto (1845–1914), a meeting that influenced the provision in the subsequent Morley–Minto reforms (1909) for separate Muslim electorates in India. The Aga Khan was then president of the All-India Muslim League for the first three years of ...
Related newspaper, magazine, and journal articles:
|
|
Article: Aga Khan
Encyclopedia of World Biography;
700+ words
... ... Khan's source of immense wealth. His son Aga Khan II, Ali Shah, died in 1885 after only 4 years in office. Aga Khan III Aga Khan III, Sultan Sir Muhammad Shah (1877-1957), was born on Nov. 2, 1877, in Karachi. At the age of 8 he succeeded ...
|
|