Aga Khan IV | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 2018-12-16

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Aga Khan IV


00:02:53 1 Early life
00:05:33 2 Marriages
00:07:16 3 Ascension to Nizari Ismaili Imamat
00:09:00 4 Nizari Ismaili Imamat
00:12:59 5 The Status of the Imam in Nizari Ismailism
00:15:39 5.1 Silver Jubilee Year of Imamat
00:16:43 5.2 Golden Jubilee Year of Imamat
00:18:01 5.3 Diamond Jubilee Year of Imamat
00:19:42 6 Aga Khan Development Network
00:23:05 7 Promotion of Islamic architecture
00:24:32 8 Personal finances
00:26:26 8.1 Thoroughbred horse racing
00:27:59 8.2 Yacht iAlamshar/i
00:28:40 9 Titles, styles and honours
00:28:50 9.1 Titles and styles
00:30:46 9.2 Honours
00:33:24 9.3 Honorary degrees
00:35:05 9.4 Awards
00:39:48 10 Ancestry
00:39:57 11 See also



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Prince Shah Karim Al Hussaini, Aga Khan IV,  (Arabic: شاه كريم الحسيني، الآقاخان الرابع‎; Persian: شاه کریم حسینی، آقاخان چهارم‎; Urdu: شاه کریم حسینی، آقاخان چهارم‬‎; Aga Khan is also transliterated as Aqa Khan and Agha Khan; born 13 December 1936) is the 49th and current Imam and Aga Khan of Nizari Ismailism, a denomination of Isma'ilism within Shia Islam with an estimated 10-15 million adherents (10—12% of the world's Shia Muslim population). The Aga Khan is a business magnate with British citizenship, as well as a racehorse owner and breeder. He has held this position of Imam, under the title of Aga Khan IV, since 11 July 1957, when, at the age of 20, he succeeded his grandfather, Sir Sultan Muhammad Shah Aga Khan III. It is believed that the Aga Khan is a direct lineal descendant of the Islamic prophet Muhammad through Muhammad's cousin and son-in-law, Ali, considered the first Imam in Shia Islam, and Ali's wife Fatima az-Zahra, Muhammad's daughter from his first marriage. 
In 1986 the Aga Khan ordained the current version of the Ismailia Constitution – an ecclesiastical decree affirming to Nizari Ismailis his "sole right to interpret the Qur'an and provide authoritative guidance on [all] matters of faith" and formalising his sole discretion, power and authority for the governance of Nizari Ismaili jamats (places of worship) and institutions.Forbes describes the Aga Khan as one of the world's ten richest royals with an estimated net worth of US$800 million (2010). Additionally he is unique among the richest royals as he does not rule over a geographic territory.  Among the goals the Aga Khan has said he works toward are the elimination of global poverty; the promotion and implementation of secular pluralism; the advancement of the status of women; and the honouring of Islamic art and architecture. He is the founder and chairman of the Aga Khan Development Network, one of the largest private development networks in the world. The organisation works toward improvement of the environment, health, education, architecture, culture, microfinance, rural development, disaster reduction, the promotion of private-sector enterprise and the revitalisation of historic cities.Since his ascension to the Imamate of Nizari Ismailis in 1957, the Aga Khan has been involved in complex political and economic changes which have affected his Nizari Ismaili followers, including the independence of African countries from colonial rule, expulsion of Asians from Uganda, the independence of Central Asian countries such as Tajikistan from the former Soviet Union and the continuous turmoil in Afghanistan  and Pakistan. Aga Khan IV became the first faith leader to address the Joint Session of the Canadian Parliament on 27 February 2014.