The current Imam of the Nizari Ismailis is Aga Khan IV (Prince Karim Aga Khan) The Aga Khan Foundation and other Ismaili ...

(THE CONVERSATION) Prince Karim Aga Khan, who died on Feb. 4, 2025, served as the religious leader of Ismaili Muslims around the world since being appointed as the 49th hereditary imam in 1957.

There are around 25 Ismaili communities in 25 countries in Asia, Africa, the Middle East, North America and Europe today. It has been 50 years since the present Aga Khan became Imam, and many of these ...

People carry the coffin of Prince Karim al-Hussaini, the Aga Khan IV and 49th hereditary imam of the Shiite Ismaili Muslims, who died Feb. 4 in Portugal, to be buried at the Aga Khan mausoleum ...