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Aga Khan: Media

Muslim title

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Aga Khan IV

Aga Khan IV

Karim al-Husseini, the Aga Khan IV, c. 1973–74.

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Aga Khan I

Aga Khan I

In 1818 a Persian king bestowed the honorific title “Aga Khan” on the 46th imam of...

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Aga Khan III

Aga Khan III

The progressive and politically active imam Aga Khan III, at a Paris horse racetrack...

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Aga Khan IV in the nuclear age

Aga Khan IV in the nuclear age

The Aga Khan IV holding a gift of trinitite—residue from the first nuclear explosion—during...

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