All Ismaili News Events
AGA KHAN FINALISES NILE HOTEL TAKEOVER - 2004-02-13
Posted July 10th, 2007 by heritagePrince Amyn Aga khan, chairman of the Aga Khan Fund for Economic Development signed on behalf of TPS while Prof. Peter Kasenene signed on behalf of Government. The 30-year concession requires TPS to invest $18m in the refurbishment and upgrading of the hotel reopen in September 2005 as Kampala Serena hotel. We hope this initiative will advance tourism development in Uganda to spur to other investments. When it reopens, it will be a new concept,' Prince Aga Khan told reporters.
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AGA KHAN TO HELP RESCUE FRENCH CHATEAU</I> - 2005-02-13
Posted July 10th, 2007 by heritageOne of France's most stunning chateaux, which houses the country's second most important art collection, is to be rescued from falling into disrepair thanks to a helping hand from its neighbour, the Aga Khan. According to Hubert Monzat, in charge of the development of Chantilly in the Aga Khan's office, the annual shortfall is between 500,000 euros (650,000 dollars) to 1.5 million euros (two million dollars) a year.
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Event - 1976-02-18
Posted June 3rd, 2008 by heritageVisited Pakistan for a month. Attended lunch hosted by Sind Transport Minister, Governor's Garden Party and a Namdar Federal Council dinner. His Highness was a guest at Federation Chambers of Commerce Banquet. Mowlana Hazar Imam and Begum Salimah were guests at a banquet hosted by President Jana Fazal Ilahi Chowdari of Pakistan to honour the Shah and Shahbanu of Iran. Begum Salimah was guest of honour at Health Board baby show. Begum Salimah attended Ismailia Association Religious Education Department audio-visual aids display exhibition.
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Aga Khan III Event - 1950
Posted March 17th, 2009 by heritageSir Sultan Mohamed Shah, Aga Khan III met the Burmese Jamat in Rangoon, in 1950
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L'AGA KHAN ET LA BEGUM INAARA à LA PIèCE DE THEATRE INTITULEE <I>LA DAME AU CAMELIAS</I> - 2001-02-12
Posted July 10th, 2007 by heritageOhla Magazine : Ce soir là, plusieurs célébrités du monde, du théatre et du cinéma étaient venus applaudir Isabelle Adjani jouant dans la pièce de théatre La Dame au Camélias. Entres autres, étaient venus l'Aga Khan et sa femme, la Begum Innara.
MORE: http://www.ismaili.net/timeline/2001/ohla20010212.html
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Aga Khan gift creates spectacular new garden for research and learning 2017-04-07
Posted April 9th, 2017 by librarian-hdThe garden honours the partnership between the University of Alberta and the Aga Khan University
April 7, 2017
A spectacular new garden will bloom in 2018 at the University of Alberta Botanic Garden, located 15 minutes southwest of Edmonton.
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Speech at the Prince Aly Khan Boys' Academy 1970-02-08
Posted January 31st, 2021 by librarian-hd"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. Bravo to All." In the afternoon, His Royal Highness accompanied by Princess Salimah drove to the Prince Aly Khan Boys' Academy at Malir to perform the opening ceremony of the Academy established by the Ismailia Youth Services in memory of Hazar Imam's illustrious father the late Prince Aly S. Khan.
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Opening of the Lourve's Islamic art department - 2008-07-16
Posted April 20th, 2010 by heritage2008, July 16: Photo: Eric Feferberg - Saudi Arabian Prince Alwaleed bin Talal Bin Abdul aziz Al Saud, center left shakes hands with French President Nicolas Sarkozy, center right, behind the first stone of the Louvre museum's future Islamic art department on Wednesday, July 16, 2008, in Paris, during the ceremony marking the launch of the works. In the background, from left to right, Prince Alwaleed bin Talal's wife, Princess Ameera, spiritual leader of the Shia Imami Ismaili Muslims and the Aga Khan and French Culture minister Christine Albanel. [Photo]
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Speech by Hazar Imam to the Teachers of Gymkhana School, Karachi 1970-02-09
Posted January 31st, 2021 by librarian-hdHIS HIGHNESS ADDRESSES THE TEACHERS OF GYMKHANA SCHOOL
"Are there any problems which you want to raise with me? I haven't got much time, what I mean I'd rather hear what your problems are than make any form of address. Is there anyone who wants to raise any particular problem?......Pause......Are there no problems that you wish to discuss at this stage?'
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Event - 1970-02-08-A
Posted June 3rd, 2008 by heritageMowlana Hazar Imam spoke to Ismailis at the Darkhana and Garden Jamatkhanas. Hazar Imam and Begum Salimah visited Prince Aly Khan Boys' Academy to perform its opening ceremony. Hazar Imam said; 'The Ismailia Youth Services have provided a magnificent example which I hope will be followed, not only by my Jamat in Pakistan, but also by my Jamat in other parts of the world.'
PHOTO: Mowlana Hazar Imam accompanied by Begum performing the opening ceremony of Prince Aly Boys Academy.
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Mowlana Sultan Muhammad Shah arrives in Bombay with Princess Teresa 1936-01-10
Posted January 30th, 2021 by librarian-hdMowlana 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
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Event - 1992-02-06
Posted June 3rd, 2008 by heritageHazar Imam spoke as the Guest of Honour at the prestigious annual dinner of the Royal Society for Asian Affairs on the theme, 'Good Governance and the Civil Society'. Some 350 people, including government officials, diplomats, development specialists, academics, journalists, business people and civic leaders, attended the gathering at the Savoy Hotel. [Speech] [Article]
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Event - 1970-02-06
Posted June 3rd, 2008 by heritageHonorary Degree of Doctor of Laws was conferred on Hazar Imam by Sind University, Jamshoro at a Special Convocation. In his citation, Al-Haj Sayid Ghulam Mustafa Shah, Vice-Chancellor of the University said; 'In a short span of 12 years as Imam, His Royal Highness has shown that he is endowed with wisdom, versatility, sagacity and statesmanship which are characteristic of his noble and great family.
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Aga Khan III visits Burma - 1914-02-06
Posted March 17th, 2009 by heritageSir Sultan Mohamed Shah, Aga Khan III visited Burma and advised his followers on social and cultural assimilation with the Burmese and to adopt Burmese names, customs and habits.
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Event - 1960-10-20
Posted June 3rd, 2008 by heritage1960, October 20-26: Mowlana Shah Karim was the first Imam to visit Hunza in 1400 years. He arrived in Gilgit [photo] on October 20 and visited Hunza [photo] where he gave Didar [photo], Chitral and Gilgit Agencies.
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Event - 1957-08-12
Posted June 3rd, 2008 by heritageLanded at Nairobi, first visit to East African countries as Imam. During this tour Hazar Imam was awarded the 'Brilliant Star of Zanzibar' by the Sultan of Zanzibar. (photo)
"The Brilliant Star of Zanzibar" - Incidentally, title bestowed upon both Mowlana Sultan Mohammed Shah and Mowlana Hazar Imam when They were both at the age of 21.
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WEDDING AGA KHAN III AND ANDRÉE JOSÉPHINE CARRON
Posted October 15th, 2020 by librarian-hdThe Aga Khan III married, on 7 December 1929 (civil), in Aix-les-Bains, France, and 13 December 1929 (religious), in Bombay, India, Andrée Joséphine Carron (1898–1976). A co-owner of a dressmaking shop in Paris, she became known as Princess Andrée Aga Khan. By this marriage, he had one son, Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan, (1933–2003). The couple were divorced in 1943
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Event - 1967-11-27
Posted June 3rd, 2008 by heritageAttended luncheon given by Syedna Mohammed Burhanuddin Saheb, religious head of the Bohora community at Saifee Mahal, Bombay.
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Event - 1960-07-29
Posted June 3rd, 2008 by heritageH.H. The Aga Khan Arrived in Tananarive to attend Malagasy Independence Day Celebration at the Government's Invitation. Here seen during the celebrations. Remember Prince Shah Karim, before he became Imam, went to Magagascar under instruction of his grandfather with a Talikah in 1956 to recite for the first time the new Arabic Dua to the Jamat.
PHOTO: Left side you can see H.H. The Aga Khan, Mowlana Hazar Imam in the street, celebrating Madagascar Independence with the population.
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Event - 1961-03-16
Posted June 3rd, 2008 by heritageH.H. The Aga Khan, 49th Imam of the Ismailis met late President Kennedy at the White House, Washington.
VIDEO 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EAON8VSzUss
VIDEO 2: https://www.pond5.com/stock-footage/item/110500409-us-aga-khan-visits-pr...
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Event - 1957-10-25
Posted June 3rd, 2008 by heritageOctober 25, 1957 Takht Nashini at Kampala, Uganda.
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Event - 1957-10-19
Posted June 3rd, 2008 by heritageTakht Nashini speech and celebrations of the Intronisation of Hazar Imam at Dar es Salaam, Tanganyika.
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Event - 1957-07-13
Posted June 3rd, 2008 by heritageFor the first time as Imam, He granted audience to the representatives of Ismailis from various countries, at Villa Barkat, Veroix (near Geneva), Switzerland. (click here)
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H.H. The Aga Khan and President Amani Karume opened the Forodhani Park - 2009-07-30
Posted April 20th, 2010 by heritageHeritage photo: 2009, July 30: Zanzibar, Tanzania - H.H. The Aga Khan and President Amani Karume opened the Forodhani Park. - The US$ 2.4 million restoration of Forodhani Park in Zanzibar's Historic Stone Town has been completed by the Aga Khan Trust for Culture (AKTC). [News] [Photo Galery]
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Aga Khan III Event - 1922-02-03
Posted March 17th, 2009 by heritageFebruary 3, 1922 - Sir Sultan Mohamed Shah, Aga Khan III gave an interview with 'The Bombay Chronicle' regarding issues in Indian Politics. The full text was printed in 'The Bombay Chronicle', Bombay, 4 February 1922. ([1] 720)
The Interview is attached here.
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