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Posted June 3rd, 2008 by heritage
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Tuesday, 1969, October 28
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Michael Curtis, Personal Aide to Hazar Imam, wrote an article in the Daily Nation of Nairobi, Kenya in the Wedding Souvenir.

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H.H. Prince Karim Aga Khan IV
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HIS HIGHNESS THE AGA KHAN - a Personal account - 1969-10-28

Posted March 24th, 2010 by heritage
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It was 12 years ago, Dar es Salaam in October 1957. Prince Karim, His Highness Aga Khan IV was to be installed as successor to his grandfather in the first of a series of elaborate ceremonies to be held that year throughout Africa and Asia.
As personal aide to His Highness, I had gone ahead as part of an advance party and was greeted by the local leaders who told me that a serious problem had arisen. The only other such ceremony in living memory has taken place 72 years before in Bombay, when Aga Khan III had succeeded to the Imamate.

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