On Saturday, a private funeral service took place at the Ismaili community center in Lisbon attended by ... a direct descendant of the Prophet Muhammad and is treated as a head of state. The governor ...

(The Conversation) — Prince Karim Aga Khan, who died on Feb. 4, 2025, served as the religious leader of Ismaili Muslims around the world since being appointed as the 49th hereditary imam in 1957.

Omar Samji, a spokesperson for the Ismaili Council for the U.S.A, based in Houston, said the death of the Aga Khan IV and the announcement of his successor, the Aga Khan V, is both sad and joyous ...

Treated as a head of state, the Aga Khan was given the title ... him heir to the family's 1,300-year dynasty as leader of the Ismaili Muslim sect. He became the Aga Khan IV on Oct. 19, 1957 ...

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His son, 53-year-old Rahim Al-Hussaini, has been named as the Aga Khan V, the spiritual leader of the world’s millions of Ismaili Muslims, in according with his father’s will. The Idaho State ...

On Saturday, a private funeral service took place at the Ismaili community center in Lisbon ... Prophet Muhammad and is treated as a head of state. The governor of Aswan welcomed Prince Karim ...