The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-03-12
Aga Khan Leads lOO,OOO,OOO Moslems

inoculated and the plague was beaten.
What was probably the crisis In the
establishment Of his true power came a
few years later in another racial con-
fiict Certain of his followers deserted
the Ismaili sect to join the SUMS. and
three Of them were murdered In reli-
gious indignation of their fellows. At
a word all India could have been
thrown into mortal internal combat
The Aga Khan communicated the
killers from the church, cursed them
with denial of the burial rite and an
nounced that if any more fighting broke
out he would resign as leader of Is
maili on the spot. Peace reigned from
that moment.
Test Of Power Comes.
When he was not keeping the peace
among his people, the Aga was estab-
fishing schools, educational and medi-
cal centers, hospitals, Libraries and
other institutions of learning and Gull
ture, often with money out of his own
pocket. He personally collected $1,000
600 to raise the college at Aligarh to
university status He has tried in every
way to abolish the depressed classes,
to raise the Indian to higher stand
ard of living, and to secure for his
country equal freedom with other Brit
ish dOminions.
Repeatedly this leader has appealed
to the League of Nations for recogni-
ton of his people, Ismailis and others.
The Aga Khan was in East Africa
when the World war broke out. He
directed his followers to support the
British, and was successful even when
Turkey entered the war on the side of
the Central powers. The Ismailis were
aroused and showed tendencies toward
sympathizing with their fellow Mos
lens, but lent their support once more
to the British when the Aga, in gen.
eral order, assured them that the Al
lies had no quarrel with Islam (the
Mohammedan religion) itself.
Aga Khan's Three Wives.
The Moslem religion permits man
to have three wives, but he must pro-
duce an heir. The Aga Khan is now
living with his third Begun, or wife.
His first was his cousin, the Shahzada
Begun, who never bore him child,
and with whom he was unhappy. They
separated early, and two years ago
she died.
Theresa, an Italian princess whose
fine sculpture had been exhibited many
places in Europe, was his second wife.
She had one son which died at birth,
but later bore another, who is the Ally
Khan and the rightful heir to his ia
Their. Theresa died in 1926 and was
buried in the family vaults at Monaco.
The Aga Khan's present wife he mar
ried in romantic fashion for man of
such nearly limitless means. Their
wedding was like small town elope-
ment-which indeed it really was, for
it happened quietly and secretly in the
little town hall of AiX-les- Bains, in the
French Alps The Cinderella story of
this simple country girl called Andre
Carron marrying an oriental potentate
gave rise to many fanciful tales about
their relationships, but it is fact that
the new Begun was an old friend of
the family. She proved to be beauti-
full. cultured, a charming converse
tionalist and everything that could be
desired In the way of cOnsort for the
leader of 1OO,OOO0OO people. Not long
ago she bore him a child.
Since his services in the World war.
the Aga Khan has become something