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Mowlana Sultan Muhammad Shah with Mata Salamat at Yakimour during the 1956 Cannes Film Festival
Posted February 21st, 2021 by librarian-hdLe 9ème Festival de CANNES 1956 s'est déroulé du 23 avril au 10 mai : Danny KAYE, une cigarette à la main, discutant avec l'Aga KHAN, assis dans un fauteuil roulant, et son épouse la Bégum dans les jardins de leur villa Yakimour, au bord de la piscine. (Photo by GAROFALO Jack/SIMON Michou/Paris Match via Getty Images)
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Mowlana Sultan Muhammad Shah had symbolic weighing ceremony in Cairo, Egypt 199-02-23
Posted February 21st, 2021 by librarian-hdL'Aga Kahn III pesé symboliquement (symbolic weighing ceremony) en présence de sa femme la bégum Om Habibeh Yvette Labrousse, et Prince Aly Salomone Khan le 23 février 1955 à l'hôtel Semiramis au Caire, Egypte. (Photo by KEYSTONE-FRANCE/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images)
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Message from Hazar Imam on the announcement of the engagement of Prince Hussain and Princess Khaliya 2006-04-26
Posted February 20th, 2021 by librarian-hdHazar Imam expressed His great joy and special happiness in informing the Jamat about the engagement and future marriage of His beloved second son Prince Hussain to Miss Kristin J. White who had embraced Islam and adopted the name Khaliya.
Hazar Imam said "I am sure that My Jamat will share with Me in this most happy news as I rejoice Myself"
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Hazar Imam led Juma Namaz at Juma Masjid in Mumbai 1958-03-21
Posted February 18th, 2021 by librarian-hdMowlana Hazar Imam at Juma Masjid in Mumbai on Friday March 21 1958 where he recited Juma Namaz
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Pakistani women scale the heights in rescue teams
Posted February 18th, 2021 by librarian-hdShamim Bano, a middle-school teacher, has recently returned from a fortnight in Kabul where she taught Afghan women to do search and rescue work. The training “involved climbing mountains and gorges using ropes and harnesses, using ziplines and rappelling. Any wrong move and you can start a rock fall,” she explained.
Handling serious casualties, “with broken bones, head, neck and back injuries,” was also part of the training, she added.
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Mowlana Sultan Muhammad Shah attended the wedding of the Shah of Persia 1951-02-12
Posted February 17th, 2021 by librarian-hdMowlana Sultan Muhammad Shah attended the wedding of the Shah-en-Shah of Persian on 12th February 1951
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Hazar Imam attended the Prix du Jockey event at the Hippodrome at Chantilly 1973-06-04
Posted February 16th, 2021 by librarian-hdKarim Aga Khan et La Bégum Salimah Aga Khan à l'occasion du Prix du Jockey Club, le 4 juin 1973 à l'hippodrome de Chantilly, France. (Photo by Jean Claude FRANCOLON/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images)
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Mowlana Sultan Muhammad Shah accompanied by Begum Mata Salamat visited London, England 1955-05-22
Posted February 16th, 2021 by librarian-hdLa bégum des Ismaéliens Aga Khan Yvette Labrousse, et le prince Aga Khan III
La bégum des Ismaéliens Aga Khan Yvette Labrousse et le prince Aga Khan III lors de leur arrivée à l'aéroport de Londres le 22 mai 1955, au Royaume-Uni. (Photo by KEYSTONE-FRANCE/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images)
Mowlana Sultan Muhammad Shah arrived in London, United Kingdom accompanied by Begum Mata Salamat
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In the great service and cause of Islam
Posted February 15th, 2021 by librarian-hdMowlana leading the East African Muslim Welfare Society Delegation to raise funds for the education of African children recently toured the countries of the Middle East. The picture shows them with the President Habib Bourguiba of Tunisia in his royal palace in Tunis. Those in picture are Count V.M. Nazarali, Mowlana Hazar Imam, President Bourguiba, Chief Abdulla Fundikira President of the Society, Sheikh Omar bin Abdulla of Zanzibar and Rai Shariff Bandali Jaffer of Kampala.
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Golden Jubilee of Mowlana Sultan Muhammad 1937-03-01
Posted February 14th, 2021 by librarian-hdIsmaili Leaders in Kenya welcome Mowlana Sultan Muhammad Shah for the Golden Jubilee celebrations of the Imamat
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The All-Africa Diamond Jubilee Celebrations were held in Dar-es-Salaam 1946-08-10
Posted February 14th, 2021 by librarian-hdThe All-Africa celebrations of the Diamond Jubilee of His Highness the Rt-Honorable Sir Sultan Muhammad Shah The Aga Khan held at Dar-es-Salaam 10th August, 1946
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Mowlana Sultan Muhammad Shah celebrated the Platinum Jubilee of His Imamat in Karachi, Pakistan 1954-02-02
Posted February 14th, 2021 by librarian-hdMowlana Sultan Muhammad Shah celebrated the Platinum Jubilee with a weighing ceremony at Karachi, Pakistan on 2nd February 1954
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Bringing Clean Energy and Co-Benefits to Remote Communities in Tajikistan and Afghanistan with AKFED 2021-02-04
Posted February 5th, 2021 by librarian-hdOverview
This case study shows how clean, affordable and reliable electricity can be provided to thousands of people even in the poorest, most remote and difficult terrains. It illustrates how this simultaneously reduces energy poverty and carbon emissions while generating multiple co-benefits, including increased incomes, improved food security and community well-being, reduced deforestation, improved health from removing smoke from biofuels from homes, and improved healthcare and educational outcomes.
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Aga Khan University becomes first academic entity in Africa to gain ACGME-I accreditation
Posted February 1st, 2021 by librarian-hdAga Khan University has become the first in Africa and South Asia to be accredited by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education International (ACGME-I).
The university’s departments that were accredited are the Postgraduate Medical Education (PGME) in Nairobi and Karachi.
“The sponsoring institution applications from Aga Khan University in Karachi and Nairobi were awarded initial accreditation in a peer driven review process,” said ACGME-I Executive Director Lorraine Lewis.
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50 Himalayan ibex spotted in rare sighting in Gilgit-Baltistan's Hunza Valley (AKRSP Project)
Posted January 31st, 2021 by librarian-hdLAHORE: The World Wildlife Fund - Pakistan captured rare footage of about 50 Himalayan ibex near Passu Glacier in Hunza Valley, The News reported Thursday.
The Himalayan ibex is indigenous to Pakistan's Himalayan and Karakoram range.
WWF-Pakistan’s team captured the footage with a local wildlife photographer to understand how communities have protected wildlife in the area, a press statement by the WWF-Pakistan read.
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Mowlana Sultan Muhammad Shah arrives in Bombay with Princess Teresa 1936-01-10
Posted January 30th, 2021 by librarian-hdMowlana Sultan Muhammad Shah accompanied by Begum Princess Teresa Aga Khan (mother of Prince Aly Khan) arrived in Bombay aboard the S.S. Cathay on 10th January, 1936. This visit was in the Golden Jubilee year of the Imamat of our 48th Holy Imam
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SCO, AKF (Pak) sign MoU to improve IT, digital infrastructure in GB 2021-01-26
Posted January 27th, 2021 by librarian-hdISLAMABAD: A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed between Special Communications Organization (SCO) and the Aga Khan Foundation (Pakistan) [AKF (Pak)] to improve IT and digital infrastructure and services in Gilgit-Baltistan (GB).
The overall purpose of the MoU is to strengthen cooperation between SCO, AKF (Pak) and other Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN) agencies in light of the shared objective of sustainable socio-economic development of GB through reliable internet and telecom infrastructure.
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The West doesn't understand Islam 2005-06-07
Posted January 23rd, 2021 by librarian-hdThe Industrialized world really has developed in the Judeo-Christian context of society and the Islamic world has been significantly absent from general education. I am not pointing at Canada. I am saying generally in the Western world.
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Aga Khan's Horse Valixir wins Queen Anne Stakes 2005-06-14
Posted January 23rd, 2021 by librarian-hd14th June, 2005: H.H. The Aga Khan and Princess Zahra were in York where
The Aga Khan's Horse Valixir won the Queen Anne Stakes. The Aga Khan gave
a short interview to BBC TV and confirmed he will come back for the second
day of Royal Ascot.
The Aga Khan said he was delighted to have had a Royal Ascot winner with
master trainer Andre Fabre. “I never had horses with him until I bought
the Lagardere horses this year,” he said, referring to his purchase of the
late Jean-Luc Lagardere racehorses and breeding stock. “He is a horse that has
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H.S.H. The Prince with the Thana Council
Posted January 23rd, 2021 by librarian-hdPhoto taken at Yeravda Palace, (Poona) of H.S.H. Prince Aly Khan, Beloved 'Vali Ahad' of Mowlana Hazar Imam with the members of the Ismailia Council of Thana. Mr. Kassamali Fatehali, president of the Council is seated on the right of the Prince
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