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Aga Khan III survives two assassination attempts - 1917

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Monday, 1917, January 1
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Two assassination attempts by Germans were made on Sir Sultan Mohamed Shah, Aga Khan III's life. A bomb was thrown at him in Lucerne, Switzerland and his coffee was also poisoned. However the bomb failed to go off and Sir Sultan Mohamed Shah, Aga Khan III never drank the coffee.
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