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December 10th to 30th 1927 - Sir Sultan Mohamed Shah, Aga Khan III visited the Jamats of Mumbai, India.

December 9, 1927 - Sir Sultan Mohamed Shah, Aga Khan III gave a statement to the Press in Bombay which was printed in 'The Times', London, December 10, 1927. The statement was issued as Sir Sultan Mohamed Shah, Aga Khan III arrived in Bombay from Europe by mail-boat. Sir Sultan Mohamed Shah, Aga Khan III said, '...I am moved only by love for India. The whole country is divided, and while these divisions last, progress is impossible.' ([1] 803)

December 2, 1926 - Princess Theresa Magliano, second wife of Sir Sultan Mohamed Shah, Aga Khan III and the mother of Prince Aly Khan, passed away. She was a well- talented sculptor, widely known in aristocratic circles of Europe under her professional name of Yla.

March 24, 1926 - Sir Sultan Mohamed Shah, Aga Khan III during an extensive trip to East Africa made a speech and also laid the foundation stone at a mosque in Nairobi.
The ceremony was led at 5 p.m. and was reported in 'The East African
Standard', Nairobi, weekly edition on March 27, 1926. Mowlana Sultan Mohamed
Shah also donated Shs.30,000 towards the fund for the mosque. Mowlana Sultan
Mohamed Shah also during this trip visited various Ismaili schools and left for
France on April 8, 1926. Both 'The Mombasa Times' and 'The East African

March 1926 - Sir Sultan Mohamed Shah, Aga Khan III visited the Jamats of Kenya and Tanganyika between February 26th and March 30th.

January 1926 - Sir Sultan Mohamed Shah, Aga Khan III visited the Jamats of Mumbai, India between January 22nd and January 31st.

January 15, 1926 - Sir Sultan Mohamed Shah, Aga Khan III gave a speech at a public meeting held to protest against the treatment of Indians in South Africa in Bombay. He talked about the humiliation that the Indians face in the last 40 years, the concessions made by the Indians, Mahatma Gandhi's heroic struggle, the Smuts-Gandhi Agreement and other important issues. ([1] 794)

January 9, 1926 - Sir Sultan Mohamed Shah, Aga Khan III gave an interview which was published in 'The Times of India,' Bombay, wherein he talked about the anxiety about the economic situation in India, the unsatisfactory state of Indian industries, the need for a policy, the Japanese competition, the almost breakdown of the textile industry and the danger of India becoming a purely agricultural country.

Sir Sultan Mohamed Shah, Aga Khan III attended the Doncaster Sales with Lord Carnarvon, in 1926.
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December 8, 1925 - Sir Sultan Mohamed Shah, Aga Khan III wrote an article 'How to live Long' which was printed in 'The Evening Standard,' London. This two column article was signed by Sir Sultan Mohamed Shah, Aga Khan III and also carried his photograph.
This article was fifth in a series written by prominent men who told
the readers about their lifestyle, diet, and care aimed at good health and a
reasonably long span of life. '...He should, at least once a day, and oftener if he

August 3, 1925 - (Aix-les-Bains) Sir Sultan Mohamed Shah, Aga Khan III sent a letter to 'The Times' London, wherein he expressed his views on Lord Milner 'Credo'. He talked about the Indians and how they are proud of their culture, the development of international peace and arbitration, the League of Nations, and other important issues.

March 1925 - Sir Sultan Mohamed Shah, Aga Khan III visited the Jamat of Dar-es-Salaam from March 7th to 8th.

October 18, 1924 - A letter was sent to 'The Times' London, on behalf of the British Red Crescent Society by Lord Lamington, Sir Sultan Mohamed Shah, Aga Khan III and Sayyid Ameer Ali appealing for aid - both medical and financial for the suffering among the people of the Riff in Morocco. ([1] 782)

April 29, 1924 - Sir Sultan Mohamed Shah, Aga Khan III wrote a letter from the Ritz Hotel, Piccadilly, London, which was published in 'The Times' London under the headline 'Indian Tariff Proposals: Protection for Steel Industry: The Aga Khan's Views.' The letter also mentioned the benefits for the British engineering industry and British manufacturers.([1] 780)

April 13, 1924 - Sir Sultan Mohamed Shah, Aga Khan III wrote an article which was printed in 'The Sunday Express,' London and a summary of the article was also published by 'The Civil and Military Gazette' on April 14, 1924.

1924 - Sir Sultan Mohamed Shah, Aga Khan III's horse, Diophon, won for him the first classic race - the Two Thousand Guineas.
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Council State of India recommended Sir Sultan Mohamed Shah, Aga Khan III for the Nobel Peace Prize, the first time ever in the history that a Muslim had been nominated for such an award. This was a unanimous resolution in India's Council of State to make His Highness Sir Sultan Mohamed Shah Aga Khan G.C.S.I., G.C.V.O., LLD to be a proper person to be awarded the Nobel Prize for Peace in view of the strenuous, persistent and successful efforts that His highness has made to maintain peace between Turkey and the Western Powers since the Armistice...'

October 23, 1923 - Sir Sultan Mohamed Shah, Aga Khan III wrote an article 'The New Muslim World' which was printed in 'The Edinburgh Review', Edinburgh, in October 1923. It talked about the positive response to the Treaty of Lausanne in the Muslim world, the historical perspective on relations between the Muslims countries and Europe during the last 150 years, how other Muslims states may not likely be hostile towards Europe, aspirations of modern Islam, the Muslim and Arab states and other important topics.

July 27, 1923 - Sir Sultan Mohamed Shah, Aga Khan III sent a message from Lausanne, regarding the Treaty with Turkey.

April 7, 1923 - Sir Sultan Mohamed Shah, Aga Khan III gave an interview with 'The Times of India', Bombay, it was also reproduced in 'the Civil and Military Gazette' of 10 April as circulated by the Associated Press of India.
In the interview, Mowlana Sultan Mohamed Shah talked about the second
conference at Lausanne and Turkey, and how he also regretted the dissolution of the
Muslim League, the deplorable relations between the Indians and Europeans in Kenya
among other important topics. He said, 'I implore my fellow religionists not to