The Aga Khan Trust for Culture has restored the prime historic landmark of the 700 year old Baltit Fort on the terraced slopes in Hunza, in Northern Pakistan.

M.Abdel Halim Khaddam, vice-président de la République, a reçu ce soir l'émir Karim Agha Khan, guide spirituel des musulmans ismaïlites dans le monde.L'entretien a porté sur l'importance de l'étude de la culture et du patrimoine islamiques, ainsi que sur le renforcement de la coopération entre le

The Aga Khan, Imam (spiritual leader) of the Shia Ismaili Muslims, arrived in Dubai for a visit on Wednesday.

A seminar entitled ?Architectural Journalism and Criticism? will be co-organized by the Aga Khan Award for Architecture and the Kuwait Society of Engineers in Kuwait City on 6th and 7th December 2005.

Sadruddin Aga Khan, ancien responsable du Haut commissariat des Nations unies pour les réfugiésLe prince Sadruddin Aga Khan , ancien responsable du Haut commissariat des Nations unies pour les réfugiés (HCR), est mort, lundi 12 mai, à l'h'pital Massachusetts General, à Boston (Etats-Unis), des su

SPECTACLE A Paris, le programme '...Via Kaboul' donne à entendre et à voir un florilège de musiques aux origines communes, venues de Tadjikistan, d'Ouzbékistan ou du KirghistanMusique savante et bardes nomades, les traditions vivantes de l'Asie centrale

Plus de 10 millions d'euros ont été investis par les collectivités territoriales et quelques mécènes, dont Son Altesse l'Aga Khan.Et on peut dire que ces travaux ont tout simplement permis de sauver un hippodrome un temps voué à la fermeture en dépit de son histoire et des grandes courses qui s'y

Le meilleur des jockeys, Soumillon, sur le meilleur des chevaux, Dalakhani, dimanche à Longchamp - D'une élégance remarquable, Dalakhani est un animal serein, qui ne roule pas les mécaniques malgré un palmarès imposantCrack & crack a l'arc

Voyage au bout du monde, dans cette province tadjik dont les meilleurs musiciens jouent ce soir à Paris.Le Badakhchan à fleur de chant

L'arme fatale de l'Aga KhanDu 29 au 30 juillet 2005 son Altesse l'Aga Khan (chef spirituel) des musulmans insmaïlis et président du Réseau Aga Khan de développement (AKDN) a séjourné dans notre pays.

Uganda is one of several countries expected to host the newly established Aga Khan Academies.His Highness the Aga Khan opened the first such academy in Mombasa last month before a gathering of government and civic dignitaries from eight countries across Africa, Asia and the Middle East.

The Aga Khan reorganises shareholding in NationThe Nation Media Group?s principal shareholder, the Aga Khan, has notified the Kenya Capital Markets Authority of his desire to change the way he holds his shares in the group to ensure its long-term continuity.

Personifying cherished Canadian values, His Highness the Aga Khan has devoted his life to protecting the environment and alleviating human suffering due to poverty.

Bata Limited and the Aga Khan Development Network are pleased to announce that the property which includes the Bata International Centre at 59 Wynford Drive in Toronto has been conditionally sold to an agency of the Aga Khan Development Network.

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By Yunusu Abbey
May 20, 2003

Nur wer Menschen hilft, dient Gott'Karim Aga Khan IV.

Nur wer Menschen hilft, dient Gott

Von Follath, Erich

Karim Aga Khan IV. über seine Rolle als Nachfahre des Propheten und Führer der Ismailiten

One of France's most magnificent castles, home to a spectacular art collection boasting three works by Raphael, is to be saved from falling into disrepair by a rich neighbour.

Dalakhani romp fires Derby double hopesThe Aga Khan started Vodafone Derby week in the best possible style, greeting Dalakhani in the winner's enclosure following yesterday's Prix du Jockey-Club at Chantilly.

The Aga Khan's brilliant three-year-old colt, Dalakhani, was named the Cartier Horse of The Year at the annual end-of-season Cartier Awards dinner held in London last night.

Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan, a former UN High Commissioner for Refugees and uncle of the Aga Khan, the spiritual leader of the Shiite Muslim Ismaili community, has died aged 70.

His Highness Prince Karim Aga Khan, Imam (spiritual leader) of Shia Ismaili Muslims arrived in Damascus yesterday to start an official visit to Syria.

The government in Mwanza Region has requested Aga Khan Foundation in Tanzania, to look into the possibility of constructing a new hospital in Mwanza City to work hand in hand with Sekou Toure Regional Hospital.

The Aga Khan Hospital, Tanzania announced on Tuesday that six of its upcountry Primary Medical Centres in Iringa, Dodoma, Mwanza, Morogoro, Mbeya and the new Mwanjelwa dispensary received ISO 9001:2000 accreditation in October 2004.

Nasim Rajani's family was at prayer when they lost their every possession in the world.

Canada has successfully constructed a public sphere predicated on the ethic of respect for human dignity.

The Aga Khan, spiritual leader of millions of Ismaili Muslims, says an international centre to promote pluralism will be established in Ottawa.

The National Building Museum in Washington features a colossal hall with Corinthian columns measuring 75 feet high and eight feet wide -- they are among the tallest interior columns in the world.

In old Cairo, I am winding my way through a labyrinth of narrow streets. All is a confusion of human and vehicular traffic, the buzz of conversation and the din of animal noises -- goats and chickens are common here, as many of their owners have left villages to seek urban fortunes.

The Aga Khan was awarded the fifth Vincent Scully Prize last night at a ceremony in Washington, honouring him for his contributions to design excellence and the 'improvement of the built environment in the Muslim world.' The award, named after the famous Yale architect, author and educator, was s

Sadruddin Aga Khan, humanitarian
Born: January 1933, in Paris
Died: 12 May, 2003, in Boston, aged 70

PRINCE Sadruddin Aga Khan was a wealthy philanthropist who held a string of top UN humanitarian posts and was the uncle of the spiritual leader of Shia Ismaili Muslims.

IN WHAT IS SOMETHING of a major coup, Toronto has landed an exciting cultural and intellectual investment ? what has been called an educational and cultural complex 'of international pre-eminence' in the Western world.

As politicians feverishly seek out political support from ethnic minorities, it is striking that they fail to seek out these sam

In the chaotic days leading up to the seven-minute nationally televised address that saved his government, at least for now, Paul Martin last week committed $30 million to studying and exporting contemporary Canada's core value, pluralism.

'You can be an educated person in the Judeo-Christian world and know nothing ? I mean, nothing ? about the Islamic world.'

That's the Aga Khan talking.

The soft-spoken 68-year-old spiritual leader of the 15 million Ismaili Muslims is on the phone from his head office in France.

The Ismaili Muslim community plans to build a massive religious and cultural complex in east Toronto in a broader effort to reach out to other Canadians.

ISMAILIS, a Muslim group comprising 17 million followers worldwide, are an influential, liberal and articulate minority in the Islamic world who form part of the Shia tradition - those who claim that only a descendant of Ali, the Prophet's cousin and son-in-law, could be an imam or leader of the

Alamshar, High Chaparral among nominees for Canadian InternationalThe Aga Khan?s Irish classic winner Alamshar and reigning champion turf male High Chaparral (Ire) headline a stellar list of nominees for the 66th renewal of the $1.5-million Canadian International (Can-G1) at Woodbine on October 1

The Aga Khan Studs has purchased the Lagardere family?s racing and breeding operations in a private deal that includes the acquisition of two stud farms, 62 broodmares, and 74 horses in training. The stud farms are the Haras d?Ouilly and the Haras du Val Henry, both in Normandy.

Today President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev has received the distinguished public figure Prince Karim Aga Khan in Astana. The two discussed issues of regional development, particularly, activities of Central Asia University that researches problems of mountainous regions.

The issue to ratify agreement on economic cooperation between Kyrgyz government and Aga Khan Fund for Economic Development (AKFED) will be solved on June 3, 2003 at a session of the Legislative Assembly of the Jogorku Kenesh (Parliament) of Kyrgyzstan.

The issue to ratify agreement on economic cooperation between Kyrgyz government and Aga Khan Fund for Economic Development (AKFED) will be solved on June 3, 2003 at a session of the Legislative Assembly of the Jogorku Kenesh (Parliament) of Kyrgyzstan.

The Kyrgyz government will transfer several loss making enterprises to the Prince Aga Khan Fund for rehabilitation under an agreement signed last year that Kyrgyzstan's lower house of parliament has ratified.

Remarking that he disliked racing ? unlike his father, who was famous for his palaces and horses ? Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan chose a career in politics, that was to see him rise almost to the top of the United Nations, and to devote much of his life to global environmental causes.

THE rescue of great houses from decay has been one of the enduring romantic causes of the last half-century.

THE MURMUR of young students reciting the Qur'an wafts through the hallways of this remote village school. It's a familiar sound in the crumbling classrooms of rural Pakistan, where students often memorize Islam's holy book without learning its lessons.

Aga Khan, spiritual leader of Shite Muslims, meets Leader of the Opposition Sonia Gandhi at in the Capital on Tuesday. ? Tribune photo Mukesh Aggarwal

With about 30 square centimetres of green space per resident, Egypt's capital, Cairo is one of the densest cities on the planet. The modern city centre has all the bustle of a capital city, with rich and poor vying for space.

High Commissioner for Human Rights Sergio Vieira de Mello has expressed his profoundest sorrow over the death yesterday of Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan.

The UN refugee agency is mourning the death of its former High Commissioner, Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan, who led UNHCR through some of its most difficult times in the 1960s and 1970s. He died in Boston on Monday at the age of 70.

High Commissioner for Human Rights Sergio Vieira de Mello has expressed his profoundest sorrow over the death of Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan.