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Princess Yasmin Aga Khan (born December 28, 1949) is a Swiss-born American philanthropist known for raising public awareness of Alzheimer's disease.. She is the younger daughter of American movie actress and dancer Rita Hayworth, and the third child of Prince Aly Khan, Pakistan's representative to the United Nations from February 1958 until his death in 1960.
Princess Zahra Aga Khan is a Member of the Board of Directors of the Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN) and also sits on the board of several of its affiliated structures, including the Aga Khan Foundation, the Aga Khan Trust for Culture, the Aga Khan Agency for Habitat, the Aga Khan Agency for Microfinance and the Aga Khan Schools.
The Noorani family is a term used to refer to the immediate family of the Imām of the Nizari Ismāʿīli Shia Muslims, commonly known by the title of Aga Khan. [1] By convention and custom its members and descendants in the male line are titled Prince and Princess, and as such it can be regarded as a royal family, although only the Aga Khan himself, as its head, is entitled to be referred to ...
Prince Karim Al-Hussaini, the Aga Khan IV and 49th hereditary imam of the Shiite Ismaili Muslims, died at his home in Lisbon, Portugal on Tuesday. ... He is survived by three sons and a daughter ...
As Aga Khan - derived from Turkish and Persian words to mean commanding chief - he is believed by Ismailis to be a direct descendant of the Prophet Mohammad through the prophet's cousin and son-in ...
The Aga Khan and Begum Salimah had one daughter and two sons together, Zahra Aga Khan (born 18 September 1970), Rahim Aga Khan (born 12 October 1971), and Hussain Aga Khan (born 10 April 1974). [91] In 1994, the couple's divorce was made public. [92]
Salimah Aga Khan (née Sarah Frances Croker Poole; born 28 January 1941), also known as Begum Salimah Aga Khan, is a former fashion model. She is the mother of Aga Khan V, imam of the Nizari Isma'ili Muslims, and she is an ex-wife of the 49th Ismaili Shia Imam and 4th Aga Khan, Prince Karim Aga Khan.
FILE - The Aga Khan, spiritual head of Ismaili Muslims, listens to a speech during the inauguration of the restored 16th century Humayun's Tomb in New Delhi, India, Sept. 18, 2013.