Diamond Jubilee of His Highness The Aga Khan IV

Year:

2017

Date:

Tuesday, 2017, July 11

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July 11, 2017 will mark the 60th anniversary of the ascension to the throne of Imamat by His Highness Prince Karim Aga Khan who is the 49th Holy Imam in direct lineage from the Holy Prophet Muhammad (s.a.s)

Prince Karim dedicated his life to the spiritual and material upliftment of all his Ismaili Murids. He has also pledged to improve the quality of life of the people amongst whom his followers lived and the countries in which they lived.

His Highness Prince Karim (Shah Karim as he is called by his Murids) is the 5th Imam since Hazrat Ali who was the first Holy Imam and the 4th Caliph of Islam to celebrate his Diamond Jubilee on the throne of Imamat. The other Imams were:

Caliph Mustansir Billah our 18th Imam who reigned during the Fatimid Period in Egypt

Our 29th Holy Imam Kassam Shah was the 2nd Imam to celebrate Diamond Jubilee of Imamat. He was Imam for 61 years from 710 A.H. to 771 A.H.

Aga Shah Hassan Aly Shah was the 3rd Imam to celebrate Diamond Jubilee as Imam. He was Imam from 1233 A.H. to 1298 A.H. He was the first Imam to have the title of Aga Khan and was also famously know as Muhammad Hussein al-Husseini "Mahelati"

Our 48th beloved Imam Shah Sultan Muhammad Shah was the 4th Imam to celebrate Diamond Jubilee after 60 years on the Masnad of Imamat. He was born in Karachi, Pakistan on 2nd November 1877

Hazar Imam in East Africa soon after His Ascension to the Masnad of Imamat

DIAMOND JUBILEE AT DAR ES SALAAM-1946-08-17

Posted December 9th, 2009 by librarian-ap

The Diamond Jubilee celebrations at Dar-es-Salaam followed in August, 1946. To it thousands of people came from all parts of the world, especially lndia, Europe and the Middle East. Hundreds made the journey by air, thousands by train, by car and by lorry, from all parts of Africa, many enduring much hardship in travelling from such out of the way places as Abyssinia, Belgian Congo, Uganda. Convoys of cars came from South Africa.

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Speech by His Highness Imam Sultan Mohammed Shah at the Diamond Jubilee 1946-08-17

Posted August 17th, 2016 by librarian-hd

Imam Sultan Mohamed Shah speaks to Ismailis in Dar es Salaam Tanzania

Source:

ismaili.net

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Diamond Jubilees of Imamat

Diamond Jubilees on the throne of Imamat have been celebrated by 4 Imams to date in our history since Hazrat Ali. The 4 Imams are Imam Mustansir Billah, Imam Kassam Shah, our 46th Imam Hassan Ali Shah and our 48th Imam Sultan Muhammad Shah.