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Event - 1998-05-30

Posted June 3rd, 2008 by heritage
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Saturday, 1998, May 30
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PARIS, May 30 ( Reuters on Aga Khan's wedding) - Prince Karim Aga Khan, spiritual leader of the world's Shia Ismaili Moslems, married German-born Princess Gabriele zu Liningen at his country home outside Paris on Saturday, his office said. Liningen is a consultant at the Paris headquarters of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO). She has converted to Islam under the Moslem name Inaara, derived from the Arabic word ``Nur''

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H.H. Prince Karim Aga Khan IV
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