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29. Dez. 2002 · Karim Aga Khan IV. über seine Rolle als Nachfahre des Propheten und Führer der Ismailiten Von Erich Follath 29.12.2002, 13.00 Uhr • aus DER SPIEGEL 1/2003
Khoja. Aga Khan, in Shīʿite Islam, title of the imam s of the Nizārī Ismāʿilī sect. The title was first granted in 1818 to Ḥasan ʿAlī Shah (1800–81) by the shah of Iran. As Aga Khan I, he later revolted against Iran (1838) and, defeated, fled to India. His eldest son, ʿAlī Shah (died 1885), was briefly Aga Khan II.
Aga Khan II mantingué els llaços cordials que el seu pare havia desenvolupat amb Gran Bretanya i va ser nomenat membre del Consell Legislatiu de Bombai mentre Sir James Fergusson era el governador de Bombai. Aquest va ser un èxit important, ja que la "candidatura al Consell d'aquells dies era una rara distinció concedida només als homes de capacitat excepcional i alta posició social".
Aga Khan II (died August 1885, Poona, India) was the eldest son of Aga Khan I. In 1881 he succeeded his father as imam , or spiritual leader, of the Nizārī Ismāʿīlīte sect of Shīʿite Muslims, and, during his short imamate, sought to improve the conditions of the community .
Aga Khan II maintained the cordial ties that his father had developed with the British and was appointed to the Bombay Legislative Council when Sir James Fergusson was the governor of Bombay. This was a noteworthy achievement, given that service on the council was restricted to people whom the British considered to be of outstanding ability who wielded influence in their communities. His son ...
Aga Khan IV (born December 13, 1936, Geneva, Switzerland) is the elder son of Prince Aly Khan by his first wife, Joan Yarde-Buller, the daughter of the 3rd Baron Churston. Educated in Switzerland and at Harvard University , he was chosen as successor to the imamate of the Nizārī Ismāʿīlī sect by his grandfather, the Aga Khan III , whom he succeeded in 1957.
Aga Khan IV tekee merkittäviä määriä hyväntekeväisyyttä erityisesti islamilaisessa maailmassa. Tätä tarkoitusta varten on perustettu Aga Khan Development Network -niminen järjestö (AKDN), jonka alaisuudessa toimii yhdeksän eri virastoa, mm. Aga Khan -yliopisto.
