Aga Khan, the religious leader of the Ismailis – a sect of Islam – established the Aga Khan Foundation in 1967. It has served ...

Hussaini, the new spiritual leader of Ismaili Muslims, was named as the successor to his father, who died at 88.

Ismailis lived for many generations in Iran, Syria and South Asia before also settling in east Africa, Central Asia and the Middle East, as well as Europe, North America and Australia more recently.

GILGIT: Prince Karim Aga Khan Al Hussaini, the 49th imam of Ismaili Muslims, will be buried in the Egyptian city of Aswan on ...

The more concrete evidence of the formation of a distinct community can be traced back to the British colonial period ...

Prince Rahim Aga Khan V has ascended as the 50th hereditary Imam of Shia Ismaili Muslims following the death of his father, Prince Karim Al-Hussaini Aga Khan IV. The ceremony witnessed both mourning ...

Ismailis around the world observed the ceremony via livestream in their Jamatkhanas (places of gathering) in more than 35 countries. In his address, The Aga Khan paid tribute to his late father ...

It says it works in over 30 countries and has an annual budget of about $1 billion for nonprofit development activities.

He moved the headquarters of the Ismailis to Portugal following a June 2015 agreement with the Portuguese government involving tax breaks and diplomatic privileges, in exchange for investments in ...