The death of Prince Karim – the 49th hereditary imam of the Shiite Ismaili Muslims – was announced on Tuesday by the Aga Khan Development Network and the Ismaili religious community.

The Tuesday death of the Aga Khan, the spiritual leader of the world’s millions of Ismaili Muslims, and the Wednesday announcement of his successor struck a deep chord with Houston’s sizable ...

He died "peacefully" surrounded by his family in Lisbon. The Aga Khan, imam of the Ismaili Muslims, has died "peacefully" at the age of 88 in Lisbon, his foundation announced on Tuesday.

People carry the coffin of Prince Karim Al-Hussaini, the Aga Khan IV and 49th hereditary imam of the Shiite Ismaili Muslims, who died Tuesday in Portugal, to be buried at the Aga Khan mausoleum ...

Rahim al-Hussaini, the new spiritual leader of Ismaili Muslims, was named as the successor to his father, who died at 88. By Amelia Nierenberg Reporting from London Prince Rahim al-Hussaini ...

B.C.’s 20,000 Ismaili Muslims are in mourning after the death of Aga Khan IV on Tuesday. The Aga Khan was the spiritual leader of the world’s 20 million Ismaili Muslims and, according to a ...

Rahim Al-Hussaini was named Wednesday as the new Aga Khan, spiritual leader of the world’s millions of Ismaili Muslims, following the death of his father. The 53-year-old was designated as the ...

The Aga Khan, who became the spiritual leader of the world’s millions of Ismaili Muslims at age 20 as a Harvard undergraduate and poured a material empire built on billions of dollars in tithes ...