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Hazar imam arrives in Lisbon for Music Initiative Performances
Hazar Imam arrives in Lisbon, Portugal for the Aga Khan Music Initiatuve Performance 2019-03-29
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Forbes Portugal - Major Fundacoes de Portugal
Posted March 25th, 2019 by librarian-hdAga Khan IV, the spiritual leader of the Nizari Ismailis, brought his millions to Portugal, where he now lives without paying taxes. The Aga Khan Foundation Portugal, the 24th largest nationwide, is just one of the ends of his philanthropic empire that spends more than 500 million Euros per year.
By David Almas
Sacred millionaire
Aga Khan IV, 82, is a multimillionaire and a philanthropist. The Aga Khan Foundation Portugal, which he established in 1996, was valued at over 31 million Euros in 2017.
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Aga Khan Music Awards laureates, finalists announced
Posted March 23rd, 2019 by librarian-hdLaureates will share a $500,000 prize fund, and will also collaborate with the music awards to expand the impact of their work and develop their careers
The Master Jury of the Aga Khan Music Awards has announced laureates and finalists for the Awards’ inaugural cycle.
The music awards were established by His Highness the Aga Khan to recognize creativity, promise, and enterprise in music performance.
Laureates will share a $500,000 prize fund, and will also collaborate with the music awards to expand the impact of their work and develop their careers.
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Aga Khan Music Awards
Posted March 23rd, 2019 by librarian-hdThe Aga Khan Music Awards recognise outstanding creativity, promising talent and initiative in the fields of performance, creation, education, preservation and musical revitalisation in societies where Muslims have a significant presence. Awarded by the Aga Khan Music Initiative, prizes will be presented during a three-day free-entry ceremony that includes concerts, competitions and conferences.
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Speech of Mowlana Hazar Imam made a the Key of the City of Lisbon presentation ceremony 1996-12-17
Posted February 12th, 2019 by librarian-hdYour Worship the Mayor,
City Councillors,
Honoured guests,
Citizens of Lisbon.
It is with a sense of profound privilege and great personal honour that I accept the "Freedom of the City" which you have so graciously bestowed upon me today. I am most sincerely grateful that the city fathers have chosen this particular occasion to accord me this distinction.
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Portugal President, his Excellency Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa attended the 20th Anniversary of the opening of the Ismaili Centre in
Posted December 19th, 2018 by librarian-hd2018, December 18 - Portugal President, his Excellency Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa attended the 20th Anniversary of the opening of the Ismaili Centre in Lisbon in the presence of the ex-president of Portugal, the Speaker of the Parliament, the Mayor of Lisbon and many dignitaries. In his speech, he commended the Ismaili community and the work of the AKDN and thanked H.H. The Aga Khan. President de Sousa planted an olive tree for the occasion. Incidently, the Jamatkhana extension in Lourenco Marques (now Maputo) in Mozambique was inaugurated in 1968 by Governor General Dr.
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Hazar Imam establishes the Global Seat of Imamat in Lisbon, Portugal 2018-07-11
His Highness the Aga Khan establishes the Global Seat of Imamat in Lisbon, Portugal in 2018 during His Diamond Jublilee celebrations
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Prince Amyn Aga Khan presents 200,000 euros to acquire Sequeira masterpiece ‘Adoration of the Magi’ securing Portuguese cultura
Posted October 3rd, 2018 by librarian-hdLISBON (March 16, 2016): In a special ceremony, Prince Amyn Aga Khan presented a check for 200,000 euros to António Filipe Pimentel, the Director of the National Museum of Ancient Art (MNAA) in the presence of Portuguese Minister of Culture, João Soares, towards the crowd-funding campaign “Let’s put Sequeira in the right place” to acquire masterpiece painting by Portuguese artist – Domingos António de Sequeira.
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Hazar Imam arrives for lunch with Prince Amyn and Portugal's Government Leaders 2018-010
Hazar imam attended a lunch meeting with Portuguese Government Leaders in Foz, Lisbon during His Diamond Jubllee visit to Portugal
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Expresso Magazine: Interview by Alexandra Carita with His Highness the Aga Khan 2018-07-21
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Expresso Magazine Article: Interview with His Highness the Aga Khan in Lisbon, Portugal 2018-07-21
Posted August 1st, 2018 by librarian-hdAGA KHAN
The descendant of Prophet Muhammad celebrated in Lisbon, the 60 years as leader of the Ismailis. An exclusive interview with the wealthiest spiritual leader in the world
By Alexandra Carita
Photographs by Tiago Miranda
[Interview]
“This is a faith of reason”
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Portugal President Marcelo Rebelo honours The Aga Khan 2018-07-20
Posted July 29th, 2018 by librarian-hdPortugal President Marcelo Rebelol honours The Aga Khan
Friday July 21 2017
•Portugal’s President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa bestowed the Grand Cross of the Order of Liberty on the Aga Khan with at Lisbon’s Belem Palace on Thursday.
•The Aga Khan was in Lisbon at the invitation of the Universidade NOVA de Lisboa to receive an Honorary Doctorate for his longstanding commitment to improving the quality of life for some of the world’s vulnerable populations.
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Portugal’s President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa bestows Portugal’s highest honours— the Grand Cross of the Order of Liberty— on The Aga Khan at the Belem Palace on July 20, 2017 in recognition of his efforts in uplifting lives around the world . PHOTO | ANTONIO PEDROSA | AKDN
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Hazar Imam in Lisbon for Diamond Jubilee 2018-07-11
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AKDN announces € 2.5 million grant towards scientific and technical research for Portuguese-speaking countries and developing na
Posted July 24th, 2018 by librarian-hdLisbon, Portugal, 12 July 2018 – A second tranche of grant funding for research and education projects in the amount of € 2.5 million was announced by representatives of the Ismaili Imamat and Aga Khan Development Network as a week of activities concluded in Portugal celebrating the Diamond Jubilee of His Highness the Aga Khan.
The second tranche is intended to fund research that will improve the quality of life mainly in Portuguese-speaking countries in Africa.
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Prince Amyn Mohammed
Amyn at the Foz Palace in Lisbon for an official lunch. portugal costa s moment with the aga khan princes ... 2018-07-09
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Address by His Highness the Aga Khan to the Parliament of Portugal 2018-07-10
Posted July 19th, 2018 by librarian-hdBismillah-ir-Rahman-ir-Rahim
Your Excellency, President of Parliament, Eduardo Ferro Rodrigues
Distinguished Members of Government and Members of Parliament
Honourable Mayor of Lisbon, Fernando Medina
Excellencies
Distinguished guests
Ladies and Gentlemen
Let me begin by expressing my most sincere gratitude to the President and the members of the Parliament, for your very warm welcome in this remarkable setting, and to the President of the Republic for the invitation to visit Portugal.
I recognise what a great honour it is to have been invited to speak to you today.
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Masterpieces from the Aga Khan Museum at Portugal’s Assembly of the Republic 2018-07-11
Posted July 19th, 2018 by librarian-hdToronto, Canada, 11 July 2018 - To mark His Highness the Aga Khan’s Diamond Jubilee Celebrations taking place in Lisbon, the Aga Khan Museum has loaned a special exhibition of 17 artifacts to Portugal’s Assembly of the Republic. The exhibition is titled Ideals of Leadership: Masterpieces from the Aga Khan Museum Collections and includes captivating folios and colourful ceramics as well as exquisitely decorated wood and steel artifacts from Mughal, Ottoman, Persian, and Chinese empires dating from the 10th to the 19th centuries.
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