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H.H. Prince Karim Aga Khan IV

Prefix: 
Imam
Location: 
Aiglemont

Imam, Spiritual Leader of the worldwide Shia Imami Ismaili Muslim Community and head of the Aga Khan development Network.

1958 Portrait of H.H. the Aga Khan

Events

Event - 1997

Under the title A portrait of world powers, in a study of the 65 leaders who shape and rule the world, Vanity Fair writes 'He is a horse breeder, newspaper proprietor, yatchsman, developer, financier, and a philanthropist of unparallel scope'.

Event - 1994

Aga Khan University signed an agreement with Sudbury Memorial Hospital, Sudbury, Ontario, that will see Sudbury's medical staff helping to train their counterparts in Karachi, Pakistan.

Event - 1991-A

Doubles the AKF Endowments.

Event - 1987

The Aga Khan Unit for Housing and Urbanisation was established at Harvard's Graduate School of Design with a gift of U.S. $530,000.00 from Mowlana Hazar Imam to complement the work of the Aga Khan Programme for Islamic Architecture at Harvard. This Unit is an integral part of Harvard and the M.I.T.

Event - 1991-D

Received the Medaille d'Argent of the Academie d'Architecture de France

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