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News Article Message from Hazar Imam on the occasion of Navroz 2021-03-21

18th March 2021

My dear spiritual children,

On the occasion of Navroz, the 21st of March 2021, I send my most affectionate paternal maternal loving blessings to all my beloved spiritual children of my worldwide Jamat.

My family joins me in wishing you all Navroz Mubarak.

Aga Khan IV (H.H. Prince Karim)
Navroz Mubarak to all Ismailis
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News Article EU to help uplift Pakistani communities impacted by Covid-19 - with AKF

The European Union has decided to co-finance three projects, for more than €7 million, to alleviate the socio-economic impact of the Covid-19 outbreak on communities in Pakistan.

Our Correspondent March 17, 2021
Androulla Kaminara, Ambassador of the EU to Pakistan, and representatives of the main implementing partners: Agha Khan Foundatio
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News Article Aga Khan opens Uganda media innovations centre 2021-03-15

The Aga Khan University Graduate School of Media and Communications has said the media innovations centre, which was commissioned last Friday, is aimed at shaping the future of the media industry in the country.

Stephen Otage
Mr Charles Lwanga Auk, the commissioner telecoms and posts at the Ministry of ICT and National Guidance, cuts cake during the la
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News Article The glory of Qutub Shahi tombs being restored by AKTC

Hyderabad: A visitor to the historic Qutub Shahi Tombs will be mesmerized by its architectural beauty. The colourful enameled tiles were used in decorating the tombs.

Quli Qutub Shah bears intricate carvings. The enameled tiling of the tomb made it unique from the other tombs.

Mohammed Hussain Ahmed
Kanneth Juster, U.S. Ambassador to India and Ratish Nanda, Conservation Architect and Projects Director of Aga Khan Trust for Cu
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News Article Pune: Exhibition on freedom fighters inaugurated at Aga Khan Palace 2021-03-13

The historic Aga Khan Palace in Pune, where Mahatma Gandhi was detained following the launch of the Quit India Movement, is holding an exhibition to pay homage to freedom fighters and showcase their contribution to the fight for independence, as part of Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav, the celebration of

Union Information and Broadcasting Minister Prakash Javadekar inaugurates Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav exhibition at Aga Khan Palace,
Agha Khan Palace
News Article The West doesn't understand Islam 2005-06-07

Excerpt of comments made by the Aga Khan, spiritual leader of Ismaili Muslims, to the Citizen's editorial board during his Ottawa visit on June 7

David Watson
Hazar Imam spoke to the Ottawa Citizen during His Canada visit in June 2005
The West Doesn't Understand Islam
News Article Prince Amyn visited the Ismaili Center, London, England 1982-05-13

Prince Amyn visited the Ismaili Center in Kensington, London for the occasion of "topping out" ceremony. Prince Amyn placed the last brick as guest of honour at this ceremony held on the roof of the nearly completed Ismaili Center in central London.

Prince Amyn Aga Khan meeting President Uhuru of Kenya
Prince Amyn At Ismaili Centre London 1982
News Article Hazar Imam visited Pakistan and attended various functions at the AKU 1989-03-18

Mowlana Shah Karim with the Chairman of the Board of Trustees, His Excellency the Foreign Minister of Pakistan Sahazada Yaqub Khan at a dinner hosted in honor of the donors of the AKU on March 18, 1989.

Hazar Imam with the Chairman of the Board of Trustees, His Excellency the Foreign Minister of Pakistan Sahazada Yaqub Khan
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News Article : Mowlana Shah Karim attended the wedding of Infanta Elena and Jaime De Marichalar in the Catedral of Sevilla. 1995-03-18

1995, March 18: Mowlana Shah Karim attended the wedding of Infanta Elena and Jaime De Marichalar in the Catedral of Sevilla. Infanta Elena Maria, Isabel, Dominica de Silos de Borbon y Grecia is the eldest daughter of the King and Queen of Spain, Juan Carlos and Sofia.

: Mowlana Shah Karim attended the wedding of Infanta Elena and Jaime De Marichalar in the Catedral of Sevilla.
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News Article MoU signed for EPI vaccination between AKUH and District Health Authority (DHA) Rawalpindi 2021-02-19

Rawalpindi : Aga Khan University Hospital (AKUH) and District Health Authority (DHA) Rawalpindi has signed a Memorandum of Understanding for establishing a vaccination centre under Expanded Programme on Immunization at AKUH Saidpur Road, Rawalpindi Branch with an objective of enhancing the outrea

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News Article Aga Khan Museum acquires massive Lego sculpture of an ancient African metropolis 2021-02-23

The conceptual work by the Ghanian-Canadian artist Ekow Nimako addresses the cultural impact of Kumbi Saleh, the centre of the trans-Saharan trade route

GABRIELLA ANGELETI
Ekow Nimako, Kumbi Saleh 3020 CE (2019) Connie Tsang
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News Article AKU researchers harness stem cells to study malnutrition 2021-02-23

KARACHI:

Tribune correspondent
An artistic impression of the new Aga Khan University Hospital. Courtesy photo/ The Agha Khan University Hospital
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News Article Wedding of Mowlana Sultan Muhammad Shah and Yvette Labrousse (Mata Salamat) 1944-10-10

The Ismailia community of Africa celebrated the marriage of Mowlana Sultan Muhammad Shah and Begum Mata Salamat (Yvette Labrousse) held in Geneva, Switzerland on 10th October, 1944

Mubarak Housing Society Headquarters Jamatkhana
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News Article Mowlana Sultan Muhammad Shah with Mata Salamat at Calcutta Air[port 1952-02-25

L'Aga Khan III lors de sa descente d'avion, en fauteuil roulant, après avoir fait une crise cardiaque, et la Bégum Aga Khan, Om Habibeh, Yvette Labrousse, le 25 février 1952, à Calcutta, Inde. (Photo by KEYSTONE-FRANCE/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images)

Mowlana Sultan Muhammad Shah with Mata Salamat arriving at Calcutta Airport
Calcutta
News Article Mowlana Sultan Muhammad Shah with Mata Salamat at Yakimour during the 1956 Cannes Film Festival

Le 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.

Mowlana Sultan Muhammad Shah with Mata Salamat at Yakimour during the 1956 Cannes Film Festival
Cannes Festival
News Article Mowlana Sultan Muhammad Shah had symbolic weighing ceremony in Cairo, Egypt 199-02-23

L'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)

Mowlana Sultan Muhammad Shah with Begum Mata Salamat and Prince Aly Khan at the Semiramis Hotel in Cairo, Egypt
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News Article Message from Hazar Imam on the announcement of the engagement of Prince Hussain and Princess Khaliya 2006-04-26

Hazar 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.

Prince Hussain Aga Khan receiving a Medal of Distinction for his environmental work from Lions Clubs International
Prince Hussain& Princess Khalita
News Article Hazar Imam led Juma Namaz at Juma Masjid in Mumbai 1958-03-21

Mowlana Hazar Imam at Juma Masjid in Mumbai on Friday March 21 1958 where he recited Juma Namaz

Hazar Imam at Juma Masjid in Mumbai. He led the Juma Namaz
Juma Masjid
Interview Interview with Roger Priouret for the French magazine <i>L'Expansion'Face to Face with the Aga Khan 1975-03-01

FACE TO FACE WITH THE AGA KHAN

L'EXPANSION NO.33

MARCH 1975

INTERVIEWED BY ROGER PRIOURET

(TRANSLATED FROM FRENCH BY DR.ABDUL SULTAN HASSAM)

Roger Priouret
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News Article Pakistani women scale the heights in rescue teams

Shamim 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.

Zofeen Ebrahim
Avalanche rescue training in Chitral [image courtesy: AKAH-P]
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News Article Mowlana Sultan Muhammad Shah attended the wedding of the Shah of Persia 1951-02-12

Mowlana Sultan Muhammad Shah attended the wedding of the Shah-en-Shah of Persian on 12th February 1951

Mowlana Sultan Muhammad Shah seen at the wedding off the Shah-en-Shah of Iran and Shahbanoo
Shahanshah
News Article Hazar Imam attended the Prix du Jockey event at the Hippodrome at Chantilly 1973-06-04

Karim 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)

Hazar Imam with Begum Salimah at Chantilly for the Prix du Jockey Club, le 4 juin 1973
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News Article Mowlana Sultan Muhammad Shah accompanied by Begum Mata Salamat visited London, England 1955-05-22

La 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 at London Airport with Begum Mata Salamat
London
Speech Speech by His Highness the Aga Khan III "Material Intelligence and Spiritual Enlightenment" 1955-02-20

Material Intelligence and Spiritual Enlightenment
An Address at the Platinum Jubilee Ceremony

Sir Sultan Muhammad Shah Aga Khan

February 20, 1955 Cairo, Egypt

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Portrait of Sir Sultan Muhammad Shah Aga Khan III, 48th Ismaili Imam whose reign of 72 years was the longest in Ismaili history.
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News Article In the great service and cause of Islam

Mowlana 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.

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News Article Golden Jubilee of Mowlana Sultan Muhammad 1937-03-01

Ismaili Leaders in Kenya welcome Mowlana Sultan Muhammad Shah for the Golden Jubilee celebrations of the Imamat

Mubarak Housing Society Headquarters Jamatkhana
1937 GJ
News Article The All-Africa Diamond Jubilee Celebrations were held in Dar-es-Salaam 1946-08-10

The 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

Mubarak Housing Society Headquarters Jamatkhana
1946Aug10
News Article Mowlana Sultan Muhammad Shah celebrated the Platinum Jubilee of His Imamat in Karachi, Pakistan 1954-02-02

Mowlana Sultan Muhammad Shah celebrated the Platinum Jubilee with a weighing ceremony at Karachi, Pakistan on 2nd February 1954

Mowlana Sultan Muhammad Shah acknowledges the greeting of well-wishers at Karachi weighing ceremony
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News Article Bringing Clean Energy and Co-Benefits to Remote Communities in Tajikistan and Afghanistan with AKFED 2021-02-04

Overview

H.H. The Aga Khan IV
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News Article Aga Khan University becomes first academic entity in Africa to gain ACGME-I accreditation

Aga 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).

By Citizen Reporter For Citizen Digital
Aga Khan University Hospital, Nairobi, which has Joint Commission International accreditation, is used as a benchmark by other h
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Speech Speech at the Prince Aly Khan Boys' Academy 1970-02-08

"I have been most impressed during this short visit, not only with the excellent maintenance of the buildings, but even more so with the appearance of all the children and with the intelligent care and guidance they are receiving.

H.H. The Aga Khan IV
Mubarak Housing Society Headquarters Jamatkhana
1970
Speech Speech by Hazar Imam at the Civic Reception held in Karachi 1970-02-09

Let me here and now publicly reaffirm the Ismailia Community's decision to build for Karachi a really first class Medical and Nurses' Training College, attached to the finest hospital which modern science can devise.

Aga Khan IV (H.H. Prince Karim)
Aga Khan Gymkhana, Karachi
Gymkhana
Speech Speech by Hazar Imam to the Teachers of Gymkhana School, Karachi 1970-02-09

HIS HIGHNESS ADDRESSES THE TEACHERS OF GYMKHANA SCHOOL

Aga Khan IV (H.H. Prince Karim)
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News Article 50 Himalayan ibex spotted in rare sighting in Gilgit-Baltistan's Hunza Valley (AKRSP Project)

LAHORE: 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.

A group of ibex photographed in Gilgit-Baltistan’s Khyber valley.
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News Article Mowlana Sultan Muhammad Shah arrives in Bombay with Princess Teresa 1936-01-10

Mowlana 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

Mubarak Housing Society Headquarters Jamatkhana
1936
News Article SCO, AKF (Pak) sign MoU to improve IT, digital infrastructure in GB 2021-01-26

ISLAMABAD: 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).

M.A. Zuberi
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News Article The West doesn't understand Islam 2005-06-07

The 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.

David Watson
Comments by H.H. The Aga Khan printed in the Ottawa Citizen
The West Doesnt' Understand Islam
News Article Aga Khan's Horse Valixir wins Queen Anne Stakes 2005-06-14

14th 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.

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News Article H.S.H. The Prince with the Thana Council

Photo 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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News Article Act may cause Ismailis to leave S.A. - Aga Khan

Prince Karim, 21-year-old Aga Khan, said in Johannesburg yesterday that South African ismailis were "keeping in mind" the possibility of leaving South Africa and going to some other country "where they can live their normal lives"

Staff Reporter
Mubarak Housing Society Headquarters Jamatkhana
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News Article Prince Aly Khan at Ismaili Youth Sports 1944-02-10

Under the auspices of Young Ismailis Brotherhood, various sports were arranged by Young Ismailis Youth Sports at the Cooperage in the immediate presence of H.S.H. Prince Aly Khan on 10th February 1944. The beloved Valiahad is seen watching the various sports with Chairman Gulamali G.

Mubarak Housing Society Headquarters Jamatkhana
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News Article Golden Jubilee of Mowlana Sultan Muhammad Shah in Nairobi

The Golden Jubilee of the assumption of the gadi of Imamat by Mowlana Sultan Muhammad Shah was celebrated in Nairobi in March 1, 1937 when Mowlana Sultan Muhammad Shah was weighed against gold valued at British pounds 23,000 for the second time.

Aga Khan III (H.H. Sir Sultan Muhammad Shah
Mowlana Sultan Muhammad weighed in gold worth 23,000 pounds sterling
Golden Jubilee 1937
News Article Prince Aly Khan visits The Aga Khan's Health Centre, Bombay 1941-01-19

His Serene Highness Valiahad Prince Aly Khan photographed with the executive body and workers of H.H. The Aga Khan's Health Centre (Bombay) during the Prince's visit to the Centre

Mubarak Housing Society Headquarters Jamatkhana
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News Article Imam Aga Sultan Muhammad Shah gave Holy Deedar to Ismailis from India, Burma and Ceylon 1940-03-09

The Ismailis, followers of Mowlana Hazar Imam H.H. The Aga Khan residing in India, Burma and Ceylon as well as in Persian Gulf, Muscat and Central Asia celebrated the joint birthdays of His Highness, H.S.H.

Mubarak Housing Society Headquarters Jamatkhana
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News Article European Horse Of The Year Aga Khan's Dalakhani Dies At Age 21

The Aga Khan Studs are saddened to announce that homebred champion Dalakhani has passed away on Jan. 15 at the age of 21.

Dalakhani
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News Article Hazar Imam's letter to Bruno Freschi for the construction of Burnaby Jamat Khana 1985-10-20

To Mr. Bruno freschi

With deep and sincere gratitude for conceiving, designing and building a Jamatkhana and Centre which represent our respect for our past, our belief of today, and our hope for the future. The Ismaili Jamath worldwide, and I, are proud of your remarkable achievement

Aga Khan IV (H.H. Prince Karim)
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Speech Maulana Hazar Imam's Auspicious Message to Ismailis 1945-07-24

Dar-es-Salaam, Tanganyika
24th July, 1945

"In place of various messages read at present daily, bi-weekly, weekly and monthly, only following special message to be read once every week all over Africa to spiritual children after prayers"

Aga Khan III (H.H. Sir Sultan Muhammad Shah
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Speech Speech by H.H. The Aga Khan at the luncheon at Vancouver Hotel during the foundation of the Burnaby Jamat Khana 1982-07-26

July 26, 1982
SPEECH BY HAZAR IMAM IN VANCOUVER

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News Article Hazar Imam at London Conferece met with British Royal Family members and Pakistani Ambassador 2010-01-27

Britain's Prince Charles (L) speaks with Pakistan's Shah Mehmood Qureshi (R) whilst his brother Prince Andrew (2nd R) speaks with the Aga Khan during a reception for the delegates of Afghanistan: The London Conference, at St James's Palace in London January 27, 2010.

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Speech Speech by His Highness The Aga Khan at Hotel Vancouver 1983-04-22

Hotel Vancouver
Vancouver, British Columbia,
Canada
April 22, 1983

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Vancouver
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