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The Persian word sal means anniversary and girah means knot, thus salgirah refers to an anniversary added on to a string kept for the purpose. Imam Sultan Muhammad Shah said, "Life is a great and noble calling, not a mean and a grovelling thing to be shuffled through as best as we can but a lofty and exalted destiny." Hence, the day of birth, for every soul, is of supreme importance.

Eji Dhan dhan aaj no daaddlore
ame harivar paayaa ji,
chaar jugnaa kasamal paap-j taaliyaa ji ... ...
hetno melaavddo aapnnaa Sat Gur sun kije ji,
man no melaavddo aapnnaa Baar-Gur sun kije ji;
dhutaaro sonsaar parale chhoddi mukije,
tthagaaro sonsaar Shaah-ne naame tarijiye
enne sansaare bhalaa sukaram kaam kije 1

Eji Aalmot gaddh paattann, delam desh ji;
tiyaa avtariyaa Shaah maankhaa vesji. - het no 2

Eji Unchaa unchaa parabat vismi chhe gaatt ji;
tiyaa chaddi jowu Noor Satgur ni vaatt ji - het no 3

Geet for Imam's 50th birthday

OTTAWA, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - Dec. 12, 2008) - The Honourable Jason Kenney, Minister of Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism, issued the following statement on the birthday of His Highness Prince Karim Aga Khan, which is on December 13:

"I would like to extend warm birthday wishes to His Highness Prince Karim Aga Khan.

In addition to wishing H.H. The Aga Khan IV Happy Birthday, this article goes on to summarize his life and work. It even links to an extract from ismaili.net

Aga Khan IV is a direct descendant of the Prophet Muhammad. The Aga Khan succeeded his grandfather, Sir Sultan Mahomed Shah Aga Khan, to become the 49th hereditary Imam of the Shia Imami Ismaili Muslims. He has spent his life working to strengthen the Muslim community through his belief that the ethic of Islam “requires members of the faith to contribute to improving the quality of all human life.”

First celebration of Imam-e-Zaman's birthday.

"The First World Ismailia Socio-Economic Conference was held on Tuesday, December 15, 1964 on the ground of the Aga Khan Gymkhana, Karachi. Pakistan was fortunate to be the venue of this most important Conference.

It was a sunny, bright and pleasant morning, when the Present Imam arrived at 10.30 a.m. and walked through the red carpet leading to the well decorated stage amidst the thundering applause of almost 6000 Ismailis, both delegates and observers from 13 countries. The inaugural session started with the recitations of the Koran and Ginan.

A Unique Event' took place at Karachi when Mowlana Hazar Imam celebrated his birthday, for the first time with Jamats, in the grand special Darbar held at the Aga Khan Gymkhana grounds amidst delegations from Ismaili centres all over the world. Ismailis requested Imam-e-Zaman to accept the gift of a bungalow to be constructed by them in Karachi at the site of his grandfather's birthplace. (Mohammed Tekri).