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PRINCE SADRUDDIN AGA KHAN-2003-05-13

Source: 
Information Department Aiglemont

Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan, son of the late Sir Sultan Mahomed Shah Aga Khan and the late Princess Andrée Aga Khan, died in Boston yesterday, aged 70 after a short illness. Coincidentally, his half-brother, the late Prince Aly Khan died on exactly the same day forty-three ago. The younger of Sir Sultan Mahomed Shah's two sons, Prince Sadruddin was the uncle of the present and 49th hereditary Imam (spiritual leader) of the Ismaili Muslims, His Highness the Aga Khan.

Yasmin Aga Khan-1997-03-06

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Source: 
Paris Match

Son dévouement pour Rita Hayworth, sa mère, lentement détruite par la maladie d'Alzheimer, avait bouleversé le monde. Dix ans après la mort de la star, Yasmin, la fille d'Ali Khan, anime avec passion l'Association d'Alzheimer. Et se consacre à Andrew, son fils de 12 ans, et à Curt, qui vit avec elle depuis quatre ans. Trois semaines par mois, Yasmin est avec eux dans l'Utah et, la quatrième, à New York, où elle nous a reçus.

Pensée pour l'éblouissant Golden Jubilee Darbar de Paris

Publication Type  Article
Year of Publication  2009
Authors  Nato,Mohez

Akiyda Captures Prix de l'Arc - 1982-10-04

Source: 
New York Times, AP

The Aga Khan's Akiyda made a bold move along the rail and won by a head from fast-closing Ardross today in the $285,000 Prix de l'Arc Triomphe at the Longchamps race course.

Akiyda was ridden by the top French jockey, Yves Saint-Martin, who posted his third triumph in this event, Europe's richest thoroughbred horse race.

Grandest Party of the year-1998-10-02

Grandest Party of the year was held at Aiglemont, Mowlana Hazar Imam's château and stud farm at Chantille, outside Paris, on the occasion of Mowlana Hazar Imam's wedding with Begum Inaara. Some of Europe's most important personnalities attended, including Ex President Giscard d'Estaingof France with Bernadette Chirac, and 34 royalties such as Bulgarian King Simeon, Prince William Alexander of Hollande, Imperatrice Farah Pahlavi, Spain's King Juan Carlos and Queen Sofia, Jordan Princess Feriel and 23 ambassadors for a total of around 700 guests.

The Past and Future of the Aga Khan Award for Architecture: Reflections on the First Twenty Years-1998-08-26

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Source: 
www.akaa1998.org

Mildred F. Schmertz: You founded the Award twenty years ago, and have sustained it without interruption right up to now. In today's architectural world, new ideas and agendas often have a very short life. At the beginning some observers thought that at best, your architectural award program would last about six years. Instead, in two decades it has become and remained the most outstanding in the world, and continues to hold that leadership. What were the goals that led you to establish the Award?

Le mariage de l'Aga Khan-1998-05-30

Source: 
Point de vue

A 12h15, le samedi 30 juillet, Gabrielle Homey, ex-princesse Karl-Emich de Leiningen, est devenue l'épouse de l'Aga Khan IV, chef spirituel de 15 millions d'ismaéliens. Cérémonie intime à laquelle avaient été conviés les parents proches de la mariée ainsi que les leaders des principales communautés ismaéliennes.

The Aga Khan Marries Princess Gabriele zu Leiningen-1998-05-30

Source: 
Today's News

His Highness the Aga Khan, Imam
(Spiritual Leader) of the Shia Ismaili Muslims today married German-born
Princess Dr. Gabriele zu Leiningen. The private religious and civil
ceremonies were held at the Aga Khan's French residence, Aiglemont, in the
presence of close family members and twenty leaders of the Ismaili Community
and their wives from around the world.
The Muslim religious ceremony was conducted by the Rector and the Grand
Mufti of the Paris Mosque. The subsequent civil ceremony was performed by the

Aga Khan marries German Princess-1998-05-30

Source: 
The Nation

His Highness the Aga Khan, Imam (Spiritual Leader) of the Shia Ismaili Muslims, on Saturday married German-born Princess Dr Gabriele zu Leiningen.

The private religious and civil ceremonies were held at the Aga Khan's French residence, Aiglemont, in the presence of close family members and 20 leaders of the Ismaili Community and their wives from around the world.

Aga Khan's second wife is princess-1998-05-30

Source: 
San Jose Mercury News

The Aga Khan, spiritual leader of the world's Ismaili Muslim community, has married a German-born princess who converted to Islam.

In separate religious and civil ceremonies Saturday, the Aga Khan wed Gabriele zu Leiningen at his Aiglemont estate in Gouvieux, 25 miles north of Paris near Chantilly. It was the second marriage for both.

The Frankfurt-born princess, 35, a consultant at the U.N. Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization in Paris, took the Muslim name ``Inaara'' upon her marriage to the 61-year-old Aga Khan, according to the statement.

Prince Karim Aga Khan remarries-1998-05-30

Source: 
Reuters

Prince Karim Aga Khan, spiritual leader of the world's Ismaili sect, married German-born Princess Gabriele zu Liningen at his country home outside Paris on Saturday, his office said. It was the second marriage for both.

The wedding at the prince's Aiglemont estate in the Oise department north of Paris was conducted by Dalil Boubakeur, rector

of the Paris mosque. The prince, 49th hereditary Imam of the Ismaili community was born in Geneva on December 13, 1936, son of Prince Aly Khan and Princess Joan Aly Khan.

Aga Khan marries German-born princess who converts to Islam-1998-05-30

Source: 
Fox News

The Aga Khan, spiritual leader of the world's Ismaili Muslim community, has married a German-born princess who converted to Islam.

In separate religious and civil ceremonies Saturday, the Aga Khan wed Gabriele zu Leiningen at his Aiglemont estate in this tiny town, 25 miles north of Paris near Chantilly, his office said in a statement. It was the second marriage for both.

The rector of the Mosque of Paris, Dalil Boubakeur, performed the religious ceremony, and the mayor of Gouvieux, Patrice Marchand, performed the civil marriage, a statement said.

The Aga Khan Marries Princess Gabriele zu Leiningen-1998-05-30

Source: 
Aiglemont Information Department

His Highness the Aga Khan, Imam (Spiritual Leader) of the Shia Ismaili Muslims today married German-born Princess Dr. Gabriele zu Leiningen. The private religious and civil ceremonies were held at the Aga Khan's French residence, Aiglemont, in the presence of close family members and twenty leaders of the Ismaili Community and their wives from around the world.

Aga Khan Wedding-1998-05-30

Source: 
Reuters

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.

It was the second marriage for both.

The wedding at the prince's Aiglemont estate in the Oise department north of Paris was conducted by Dalil Boubakeur, rector of the Paris mosque.

La disparition de la Bégum-2000-07-12

Source: 
Point de Vue

Depuis quelques années, ses apparitions se faisaient rares, peu à peu la maladie avait altéré sa santé, mais en aucun cas son incroyable port de reine. En mai 1999, elle assistait à l'inauguration d'une statue dressée en son honneur sur la place du village, drapée dans un de ses célèbres saris, le cheveu blanc impeccablement laqué et parée de ses éternels rangs de perles. Fidèles en cela à la mémoire de son mari, l'Aga Khan III, et à la fonction qu'elle a exercée à ses côtés.

La Begum Domine Desormais le Nil-2000-07-11

Source: 
La Revue Paris

La bella que vivió un cuento de hadas La begum Om Habibeh, viuda del Aga Khan III, fallece en Francia a los 94 años 2000-07-01

Source: 
La Vanguardia Digital

La begum Om Habibeh, viuda del Aga Khan III, falleció el sábado en su residencia de Le Cannet, en el sudeste de Francia, a los 94 años. La begum, de origen francés y cuyo nombre de soltera era Yvette Blanche Labrousse, se casó en 1944 con el sultán Mohamed Shah Aga Khan, abuelo del príncipe Karim, actual Aga Khan. Fue la cuarta y última esposa del que fue 48 jefe espiritual de los ismaelitas, una poderosa secta de musulmanes chiitas que grupa a más de 15 millones de creyentes en todo el mundo.

PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE BEGUM SULTAN MAHOMED SHAH AGA KHAN-2000-07-01

Source: 
Reuters

The Begum Om Habibeh, widow of Sir Sultan Mahomed Shah Aga Khan, 48th Imam (Spiritual Leader) of the Shia Ismaili Muslims, grandfather of the present Aga Khan, died on the first of July at Le Cannet, South of France, in her ninety-fifth year.

Born Yvette Blanche Labrousse in 1906, in Sete near Marseilles, she was the fourth and last wife of the late Aga Khan III. The couple were married in Switzerland on October 9th, 1944.

Death of Mata Salamat - Om Habibeh - Ismaili Matriarch - 2000-07-01

Begum Mata Salamat

Death of Ismaili Muslim matriarch

The widow of the late spiritual leader of the Ismaili Muslims, Begum Om Habibeh, has died in France at the age of ninety-four.

She was the fourth and last wife of the Aga Khan the Third who died in 1957. He is the grandfather of the present Aga Khan, Prince Karim. Begum Om Habibeh was known for her interest in women's welfare and for her work for the poor and elderly, especially in and around the city of Aswan in Egypt.

From the newsroom of the BBC World Service

Aga Khan continues stellar weekend at Longchamp

Source: 
Thoroughbred Times

Posted: Sunday, October 04, 2009 1:53 PM

Aga Khan continues stellar weekend
on Sunday at Longchamp

by Mike Curry

The breeding and racing operations of the Aga Khan and his family collected so much hardware this weekend at Longchamp they might have to construct a new wing for the trophy collection.


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