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Aga Khan IV
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Person

Aga Khan IV

1936 – 2025 · aged 89

49th Imam of Nizari Isma'ilism Muslims

Born
13 Dec 1936 · Genthod
Died
4 Feb 2025 · Lisbon
Part ofSwitzerland218 BCE – todayPortugal305 CE – todayCanada1690 – today

Life timeline

Their life from birth to death. On the timeline, world events of the time are shown faintly.

Showing 102 years
  1. 13 Dec 1936BornBorn in Genthod
  2. 1957 – 2025RoleIsmaili imam
  3. 1977AwardKnight Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic
  4. 1983AwardHonorary doctorate from the McGill University
  5. 1986AwardGrand Cordon of the Order of the Throne
  6. 1987AwardHonorary doctorate from McMaster University
  7. 1989AwardOrder of Merit for Labour
  8. 1996AwardHonorary doctorate from Brown University
  9. 2004AwardHonorary doctorate from University of Toronto
  10. 2004AwardKnight Commander of the Order of the British Empire
  11. 2005AwardHonorary doctorate from the American University of Beirut
  12. 2008AwardHonorary doctor of Harvard University
  13. 2009AwardHonorary doctorate from the University of Alberta
  14. 2009AwardHonorary doctorate from the University of Cambridge
  15. 4 Feb 2025DiedDied in Lisbon

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Meanwhile in the world

Major world events during their lifetime (1936 – 2025).

  1. 19361936 Summer Olympics
  2. 1937 – 1945Second Sino-Japanese War
  3. 19381938 FIFA World Cup
  4. 1938Munich Agreement
  5. 1939 – 1940Winter War
  6. 1939 – 1945World War II
  7. 1940 – 1945Auschwitz concentration camp
  8. 1941Attack on Pearl Harbor
  9. 1941 – 1945Eastern Front
  10. 1941Operation Barbarossa
  11. 1942 – 1943Battle of Stalingrad
  12. 1945Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
  13. 1945 – 1946Nuremberg trials
  14. 19501950 FIFA World Cup
  15. 1950 – 1953Korean War
  16. 1953 – 1959Cuban Revolution
  17. 19541954 FIFA World Cup
  18. 1955 – 1975Vietnam War
  19. 1956Hungarian Revolution of 1956
  20. 1956Suez Crisis
  21. 19581958 FIFA World Cup
  22. 1959Antarctic Treaty System
  23. 19621962 FIFA World Cup
  24. 1962Cuban Missile Crisis
  25. 19661966 FIFA World Cup
  26. 1966 – 1976Cultural Revolution
  27. 1968Prague Spring
  28. 1969Apollo 11 Moon landing
  29. 19721972 Summer Olympics
  30. 19741974 FIFA World Cup
  31. 19781978 FIFA World Cup
  32. 1978 – 1979Iranian Revolution
  33. 1979 – 1989Soviet–Afghan War
  34. 1980 – 1988Iran–Iraq War
  35. 19841984 Summer Olympics
  36. 1985Schengen Agreement
  37. 19891989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre
  38. 1989Fall of the Berlin Wall
  39. 19901990 FIFA World Cup
  40. 1991Dissolution of the Soviet Union

Biography

Prince Shah Karim al-Hussaini (13 December 1936 – 4 February 2025), known simply as Aga Khan IV, was the 49th Imam of Nizari Isma'ili Shia Islam from 1957 until his death in 2025. He inherited the Nizari imamate and the title of Aga Khan at the age of 20 upon the death of his grandfather, Sultan Muhammad Shah (Aga Khan III). During his Imamate, he was also known by the religious title Mawlānā Hazar Imam by his Isma'ili followers.

Al-Husseini's net worth was estimated at over US$13.3 billion by Vanity Fair in 2013. Forbes included al-Husseini in its list of the world's fifteen richest royals, though he held no political sovereignty or territorial authority. The designation referred to his hereditary role as Imam of the Nizari Ismailis, not to any formal royal or monarchical status. He was the founder and chairman of the Aga Khan Development Network, a private development network.

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