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{{Short description|49th Imam of Nizari Isma'ilism from 1957 to 2025}}
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{{Infobox person
| honorific_prefix = [[His Highness]]
| name               = Aga Khan IV
| honorific-suffix   = [[Order of the British Empire|KBE]] [[Companion of the Order of Canada|CC]] [[Military Order of Christ|GCC]] [[Order of Prince Henry|GCIH]] [[Order of Liberty|GCL]] [[Order of Merit (Portugal)|GCM]] [[Nishan-e-Imtiaz|NI]] [[Nishan-e-Pakistan|N.Pk]]
| image              = Aga Khan 01 (crop2).jpg
| caption            = Karim al-Husseini in 1985
| native_name        = {{nobold|{{lang|fa|{{script|Arab|آقاخان چهارم}}}}}}
| native_name_lang   = ar
| citizenship        = United Kingdom<br>France<br>Switzerland<br>Portugal<br>Canada (honorary)
| education          = Harvard University <small>([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]])</small>
| title              = Aga Khan IV
| module             = {{Infobox royalty
| embed=yes
| birth_name  = Shāh Karim al-Hussaini
| birth_date  = {{birth date|df=y|1936|12|13}}
| birth_place = [[Geneva]], Switzerland
| death_date  = {{death date and age|df=y|2025|02|04|1936|12|13}}
| death_place = [[Lisbon]], Portugal
| burial_date = 9 February 2025
| place of burial = [[Aswan]], Egypt
| succession  = 49th hereditary [[Imam]] of [[Nizari Isma'ilism]] Muslims
| reign       = 11 July 1957 – 4 February 2025
| reign-type  = Tenure
| predecessor = [[Aga Khan III]]
| successor = [[Aga Khan V]]
| coronation  = 19 October 1957<ref>{{cite web |title=1957 Aga Khan IV Ceremonial Installation: Presentation of "Sword of Justice" Signified Ismaili Imam's Role as "Defender of Faith" |url=https://simerg.com/special-series-his-highness-the-aga-khan-iv/1957-aga-khan-iv-ceremonial-installation-presentation-of-sword-of-justice-signified-ismaili-imams-role-as-defender-of-faith/ |website=Simerg |access-date=27 April 2019|date=8 July 2010 |archive-date=14 July 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100714191244/https://simerg.com/special-series-his-highness-the-aga-khan-iv/1957-aga-khan-iv-ceremonial-installation-presentation-of-sword-of-justice-signified-ismaili-imams-role-as-defender-of-faith/|url-status=live}}</ref>
| cor-type    = Installation
| spouse      = {{plainlist|
* {{marriage|[[Salimah Aga Khan|Sarah Croker Poole]]|1969|1995|end=div.}}
* {{marriage|[[Inaara Aga Khan|Gabriele Homey]]|1998|2011|end=div.}}
}}
| spouse-type = Spouse
| issue       = {{plainlist|
* [[Zahra Aga Khan]]
* [[Aga Khan V|Rahim Aga Khan]] (successor)
* [[Hussain Aga Khan]]
* [[Aly Muhammad Aga Khan]]
}}
| house       = [[Fatimid dynasty|Fatimid]]
| father      = [[Aly Khan]]
| mother      = [[Joan Yarde-Buller]]
| religion    = [[Nizari Isma'ilism]] [[Shia Islam]]
| occupation  = {{ubl|Spiritual leader|Philanthropist|Businessman|Socialite}}
}}
}}
'''Shah Karim al-Hussaini'''{{efn|In English-language media and official communications, he is commonly referred to as His Highness "Prince Karim al-Hussaini Aga Khan IV".<ref>{{cite web |author=<!-- not stated --> |date= 5 February 2025 |title=His Highness Prince Karim Aga Khan IV, 1936-2025 |url=https://the.akdn/en/resources-media/whats-new/spotlights/his-highness-prince-karim-aga-khan-iv-19362025 |website= [[Aga Khan Development Network]] |language=English|location= International |publisher= [[Aga Khan Foundation]] |access-date= 1 October 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |author= Stephen Bates |date= 9 February 2025 |title=The Aga Khan obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/feb/09/the-aga-khan-obituary |website= [[The Guardian]] |language=English|location= [[United Kingdom]] |publisher= [[Guardian Media Group]] |access-date= 1 October 2025}}</ref> The form of "Mawlana Shah Karim al-Hussaini Aga Khan IV" is instead used in biographical and religious contexts to reflect his hereditary title (Shah), lineage (al-Hussaini, denoting descent from Imam Hussain), and dynastic role as the 49th Imam of the Nizari Ismaili Muslims.}}{{efn|{{langx|ar|شاه كريم الحسيني|Shāh Karīm al-Ḥusaynī}}}} (13 December 1936 – 4 February 2025), known simply as '''Aga Khan IV''',{{efn|{{langx|fa|آقاخان چهارم|translit=Āqā Khān Chahārom}}}} was the 49th [[Imamah|Imam]] of [[Nizari]] [[Isma'ili]] [[Shia]] [[Islam]] from 1957 until his death in 2025. He inherited the [[Imamate in Nizari doctrine|Nizari imamate]] and the title of [[Aga Khan]] at the age of 20 upon the death of his grandfather, the [[Aga Khan III]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.agakhanfilm.org/who_is.asp |title=World View – Aga Khan |access-date=15 September 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110724225825/http://www.agakhanfilm.org/who_is.asp |archive-date=24 July 2011 |url-status=dead}}</ref> During his Imamate, he was also known by the religious title Mawlānā Hazar Imam by his [[Isma'ili]] followers.<ref name="FIELD">{{cite web|url=https://heritage.ismaili.net/node/34663 |title=His Highness the Aga Khan's interview with Henri Weill; translated from La Cohorte 2019-01-29]|work=First Ismaili Electronic Library and Database|archive-date=30 September 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220930232507/https://heritage.ismaili.net/node/34663|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.jfklibrary.org/asset-viewer/archives/jfkwhp-1961-03-14-a#?image_identifier=JFKWHP-AR6425-|title=A Meeting with Aga Khan IV, Prince Karim al-Husseini, 10:15AM|work=[[John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum]]|archive-date=15 June 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240615194224/https://www.jfklibrary.org/asset-viewer/archives/jfkwhp-1961-03-14-a#?image_identifier=JFKWHP-AR6425-|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://abcnews.go.com/International/prince-karim-al-husseini-aga-khan/story?id=22819856 |title=Who is Prince Karim Al Husseini Aga Khan?]|newspaper=[[ABC News (United States)|ABC News]]|archive-date=8 March 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140308004011/https://abcnews.go.com/International/prince-karim-al-husseini-aga-khan/story?id=22819856|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|date=30 July 2024|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSKBN1EE2ES/|title=Canada's Trudeau broke ethics rules with visit to Aga Khan island|newspaper=[[Reuters]]|archive-date=30 July 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240730014628/https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSKBN1EE2ES|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="His Highness the Aga Khan">{{cite web |title=His Highness the Aga Khan |url=http://www.theismaili.org/cms/14/The-Aga-Khan |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111106113929/http://www.theismaili.org/cms/14/The-Aga-Khan |archive-date=6 November 2011 |access-date=26 November 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Aga Khan IV |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Aga-Khan-IV |access-date=16 December 2019 |publisher=Encyclopædia Britannica|archive-date=17 June 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250617163441/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Aga-Khan-IV|url-status=live}}</ref> 

Al-Husseini's net worth was estimated at over US$13.3 billion by ''[[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]]'' in 2013.<ref name="vanityfair.com">{{Cite magazine|date=14 January 2013|title=How the Fourth Aga Khan Balances Spiritual Muslim Leadership with a Multi-billionaire Lifestyle|url=https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2013/02/aga-khan-spiritual-leader-multi-billionaire|access-date=15 November 2021|magazine=Vanity Fair|archive-date=4 May 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250504132407/https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2013/02/aga-khan-spiritual-leader-multi-billionaire|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Forbes]] included al-Husseini in its list of the world's fifteen richest royals, though he held no political sovereignty or territorial authority. The designation referred to his hereditary role as Imam of the Nizari Ismailis, not to any formal royal or monarchical status.<ref name="forbes10">{{cite news | title=World's Richest Royals | author1=Serafin, Tatiana | url=https://www.forbes.com/2010/07/07/richest-royals-wealth-monarch-wedding-divorce-billionaire_2.html | newspaper=Forbes | date=7 July 2010 | access-date=28 March 2012 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120414045745/http://www.forbes.com/2010/07/07/richest-royals-wealth-monarch-wedding-divorce-billionaire_2.html | archive-date=14 April 2012 | url-status=dead | df=dmy-all }}</ref> He was the founder and chairman of the [[Aga Khan Development Network]], one of the largest private development networks in the world.

==Early life and education==
[[File:Aga Khan IV 1964.jpg|thumb|Al-Husseini skiing [[Iran at the 1964 Winter Olympics|for Iran]] at the [[1964 Winter Olympics]]]]

Karim al-Husseini was born in [[Geneva]], Switzerland, on 13 December 1936, the eldest son of [[Prince Aly Khan|Aly Khan]] (1911–1960) and his first wife, Taj-ud-dawlah Aga Khan (formerly [[Joan Yarde-Buller]], 1908–1997). His mother was the eldest daughter of the British peer [[John Yarde-Buller, 3rd Baron Churston]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Leake |first=Natasha |date=13 December 2022 |title=Remembering the Aga Khan: The extraordinary life story of the world's most well-connected royal, who was a close friend of the late Queen Elizabeth |url=https://www.tatler.com/article/aga-khan-life-story-king-charles |access-date=6 February 2025 |website=Tatler |archive-date=9 February 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250209135424/https://www.tatler.com/article/aga-khan-life-story-king-charles |url-status=live}}</ref>

He was declared healthy despite being born prematurely.<ref name="Frischauer-Āgā Khāns">{{cite book|title=The Aga Khans|last=Frischauer|first=Willi|year=1970| publisher=The Bodley Head Ltd| location=London}}</ref> His brother, [[Amyn Aga Khan]], was born a year later in 1937. In 1949, his parents divorced in part due to his father's extramarital affairs,<ref name=AlyKhan-Affair>{{cite news|last=Harriman|first=Pamela|title=Lives and Loves: Pamela Harrima|newspaper=The Scotsman, p. S2|date=30 May 2005}}</ref> and shortly after, his father married American actress [[Rita Hayworth]]—with whom he had a daughter, [[Yasmin Aga Khan]], the half-sister of al-Husseini.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Edwards |first=Anne |date=6 January 2015 |title=Prince Aly Khan and Rita Hayworth's Love Affair |url=https://www.vanityfair.com/style/1993/06/prince-aly-khan-rita-hayworth?srsltid=AfmBOoqw07DqbFO_iHjQndC-nVg-dzb1bu1u7wVfuXMsGnrwqZTVGEH9 |access-date=6 February 2025 |magazine=Vanity Fair |archive-date=4 May 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250504132407/https://www.vanityfair.com/style/1993/06/prince-aly-khan-rita-hayworth?srsltid=AfmBOoqw07DqbFO_iHjQndC-nVg-dzb1bu1u7wVfuXMsGnrwqZTVGEH9 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Rita Hayworth's Children: All About Her Daughters Yasmin and Rebecca |url=https://people.com/all-about-rita-hayworth-children-8671427 |access-date=6 February 2025 |website=People.com |archive-date=22 September 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240922015856/https://people.com/all-about-rita-hayworth-children-8671427 |url-status=live}}</ref>

He also had a half-brother, Patrick Benjamin Guinness (1931–1965), from his mother's first marriage, as Joan Yarde-Buller was previously married to [[Loel Guinness]] of the banking [[Guinness family|Guinnesses]].<ref name="sportsIll64">{{cite news |last=Ress |first=Paul Evan |date=10 August 1964 |title=Prince Karim Aga Khan |url=https://www.si.com/vault/1964/08/10/608042/prince-karim-aga-khan |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180330212730/https://www.si.com/vault/1964/08/10/608042/prince-karim-aga-khan |archive-date=30 March 2018 |access-date=30 March 2018 |magazine=Sports Illustrated}}</ref>

Karim spent the years during [[World War II]] in [[Nairobi]], [[Kenya]],<ref>{{cite news |last1=Bates |first1=Stephen |title=Obituary: The Aga Khan |url= https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/feb/09/the-aga-khan-obituary |access-date=9 February 2025 |work=The Guardian |date=9 February 2025|archive-date=9 February 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250209192033/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/feb/09/the-aga-khan-obituary |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="nytimesZachBusinessIslam">G. Pascal Zachary, [https://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/08/business/yourmoney/08khan.html "Do Business and Islam Mix? Ask Him"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170705160052/http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/08/business/yourmoney/08khan.html |date=5 July 2017 }}, ''New York Times'', 8 July 2007</ref> where his early education was through private tutoring. He later attended the [[Institut Le Rosey]] in Switzerland for nine years where he achieved, in his words, "fair grades".<ref name="sportsIll64" /> He was admitted to the [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]] where he wanted to study science, but his grandfather, [[Aga Khan III]], vetoed the decision. Instead he attended [[Harvard University]], where he was elected a member of The [[Delphic Club]] and majored in [[Islamic history]].<ref name="Engineering flunk">{{cite web|last=Mann|first=Anthony|title=The Quiet Prince of Islam|url=http://ismaili.net/intervue/790527.html|work=Sunday Telegraph|access-date=21 April 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120611072248/http://ismaili.net/intervue/790527.html|archive-date=11 June 2012|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="College Roommate">{{cite magazine |last=Stevenson |first=John Fell |date=10 November 1957 |title=My College Room Mate Rules 10 Million |magazine=This Week |location=New York |publisher=Joseph P. Knapp}}</ref>{{r|sportsIll64}}

When his grandfather died, he was thrust into the position of the [[Aga Khan]]. At the time of his accession to the Imamate in 1957, Karim was a university student. Reflecting on the transition, he later stated that he had to set aside plans for further academic study in order to assume his new responsibilities as Imam.<ref name="sportsIll64" /> He graduated from Harvard University in 1959, two years after ascending the Imamate, with a [[Bachelor of Arts]] degree in history (with [[Cum Laude]] honours) and his [[Varsity letter|varsity H]] for the [[Harvard Crimson men's soccer]] team.<ref name="Khan of Harvard">{{cite magazine |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=3 November 1958|title=Khan of Harvard|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dz8EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA75 |magazine=Life|volume=45|number=18|location=Chicago|publisher=Henry Luce|access-date=20 September 2022|archive-date=30 January 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230130170414/https://books.google.com/books?id=dz8EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA75|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="sportsIll64" />

He was a competitive [[downhill skier]], representing Great Britain at the [[FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1962]] and then [[Iran at the 1964 Winter Olympics|Iran]] in the [[1964 Winter Olympics]].<ref name="sportsIll64" /><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/IRI/winter/1964/ASK/|title=Iran Alpine Skiing at the 1964 Innsbruck Winter Games|publisher=sports-reference.com|access-date=15 December 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120723225850/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/IRI/winter/1964/ASK/|archive-date=23 July 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref>

== Succession and appointment as Imam ==
After the death of Aga Khan III in 1957, Shah Karim al-Husseini was appointed as the 49th Imam of the Nizari Ismaili community at the age of 20. His designation was made through the will of his grandfather, bypassing his father, [[Aly Khan]], and his uncle, [[Sadruddin Aga Khan]]. This was the second recorded instance in Nizari Ismaili history where a grandson, rather than a son, was named as Imam.

The will cited "fundamentally altered conditions in the world" as part of the rationale for selecting a younger successor:<blockquote>"In view of the fundamentally altered conditions in the world [which] has provoked many changes, including the discoveries of atomic science, I am convinced that it is in the best interests of the Nizari Ismaili community that I should be succeeded by a young man who has been brought up and developed during recent years and in the midst of the new age, and who brings a new outlook on life to his office."<ref>"Aly Khān's Son, 20, New Aga Khan", The New York Times, 13 July 1957, p. 1</ref></blockquote>This statement was later used by some within the community to frame al-Husseini as an "Imam of the Atomic Age," a phrase that has appeared in various publications but has no official doctrinal status. The will also recommended that the new Imam, during his early years in the role, consult his grandmother, [[Begum Om Habibeh Aga Khan|Om Habibeh Aga Khan]], on general matters.<ref name="Om-Habibeh-7-Years">{{cite web |last=Van Grondelle |first=Marco |title=The Shi'a Imami (Nizari) Ismailis and British Foreign- and Colonial Policy |url=http://igitur-archive.library.uu.nl/dissertations/2008-1001-205033/van-grondelle.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100827014358/http://igitur-archive.library.uu.nl/dissertations/2008-1001-205033/van-grondelle.pdf |archive-date=27 August 2010 |access-date=22 April 2012 |publisher=Self |quotation="I desire that my successor shall during the first seven years of his Imamate be guided on questions of general Imamate policy by my said wife the Begum Aga Khan who has been familiar for many years with the problems facing my followers and in whose wise judgement I place the greatest confidence."}}</ref>

==Nizari Ismaili Imamate==
[[File:Aga Khan IV 1959.jpg|thumb|260px|Karim al-Husseini receiving a gift of [[trinitite]], residue from the first nuclear bomb detonation, while visiting the [[Los Alamos National Laboratory]] in 1959.]]
Karim al-Husseini became the 49th hereditary Imam of the Nizari Ismaili Muslims in 1957 following the death of his [[Aga Khan III|grandfather]]. Installation ceremonies were conducted at multiple locations between 1957 and 1958, during which he spoke about issues such as interethnic and interfaith relations.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.akdn.org/about-us/his-highness-aga-khan/biography-his-highness-aga-khan|title=His Highness Aga Khan: Biography|website=AKDN|archive-date=8 June 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250608042516/https://www.akdn.org/about-us/his-highness-aga-khan/biography-his-highness-aga-khan|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 1972, the government of [[Uganda]], led by President [[Idi Amin]], [[Expulsion of Asians from Uganda|expelled people of South Asian origin]], including many Nizari Ismailis, giving them 90 days to leave the country.<ref name="BBC On This Day">{{cite news |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/august/7/newsid_2492000/2492333.stm |title=1972: Asians given 90 days to leave Uganda |publisher=BBC News |access-date=19 April 2012 |date=7 August 1972 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120719150554/http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/august/7/newsid_2492000/2492333.stm |archive-date=19 July 2012 |url-status=live  }}</ref> Following this, Karim al-Husseini contacted Canadian Prime Minister [[Pierre Trudeau]], which resulted in Canada accepting a significant number of displaced Ismailis.<ref name="macleansHolyMan">{{cite journal | last1=Geddes | first1=John | journal=Maclean's | title=A holy man with an eye for connections | url=http://www.macleans.ca/2010/10/27/a-holy-man/ | date=27 October 2010 | access-date=17 April 2012 |archive-date=30 October 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101030001349/http://www.macleans.ca/2010/10/27/a-holy-man/|url-status=live}}</ref> He also coordinated efforts to assist Ismailis displaced from [[Tanzania]], [[Kenya]], and [[Myanmar]] with resettlement in other countries, primarily in Asia, Europe, and North America.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.agakhanschools.org/|title=The Aga Khan Schools|website=The Aga Khan Schools|access-date=7 May 2019|archive-date=13 July 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250713231855/http://www.agakhanschools.org/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://iis.ac.uk/encyclopaedia-articles/ismaili-communities-south-asia|title=Ismaili Communities – South Asia |website=The Institute of Ismaili Studies|access-date=7 May 2019|archive-date=14 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170814162046/https://iis.ac.uk/encyclopaedia-articles/ismaili-communities-south-asia|url-status=live}}</ref> Most of the initial resettlement problems were overcome rapidly by Nizari Ismailis due to their educational backgrounds and high rates of literacy, as well as the efforts of the host countries, along with support from Nizari Ismaili community programmes.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Anders |first1=Jake |last2=Burgess |first2=Simon |last3=Portes |first3=Jonathan |title=The Long-Term Outcomes of Refugees: Tracking the Progress of the East African Asians |journal=Journal of Refugee Studies |date=1 June 2021 |volume=34 |issue=2 |pages=1967–1998 |doi=10.1093/jrs/feaa078 |url=https://academic.oup.com/jrs/article-abstract/34/2/1967/6017992?redirectedFrom=fulltext&login=false | access-date=7 February 2025| df=dmy-all|hdl=10419/185069 |hdl-access=free |url-access=subscription |archive-date=8 June 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250608042518/https://academic.oup.com/jrs/article-abstract/34/2/1967/6017992?redirectedFrom=fulltext&login=false|url-status=live}}</ref>

Al-Husseini encouraged members of the Nizari Ismaili community in industrialised countries to support development initiatives in regions with significant Ismaili populations.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://herald.dawn.com/news/1398672|title=Why high hills have a high suicide rate|last=Khan|first=Aurangzaib|date=9 October 2018|website=Herald Magazine|language=en|access-date=7 May 2019|archive-date=9 October 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181009040721/https://herald.dawn.com/news/1398672|url-status=live}}</ref> Karim al-Husseini described the role of the Imam as involving both religious interpretation and attention to the social welfare of the community.<ref name="Frischauer-Āgā Khāns"/><ref name="Aga Khan Tutzing">{{cite book | title=Address by His Highness the Aga Khan to the Tuting Evangelical Academy Upon Receiving the "Tolerance" Award| date=20 May 2006| publisher=akdn.org| location=Germany}}</ref> He has emphasized the importance of engagement between Ismaili communities and the broader societies in which they live.<ref name="Āgā Khān MPA">{{cite book | title=Address by His Highness the Aga Khan at Graduation Ceremony of the Masters of Public Affairs Programme at the Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris| date=15 June 2007| publisher=akdn.org/speeches/2007June15_en| location=Paris}}</ref>

He was among the Shia signatories of the 2004 [[Amman Message]], which addressed the inclusion of various [[denominations of Islam]] within the [[Ummah|Muslim community]].<ref>[http://ammanmessage.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=57&Itemid=42 Aga Khan's official reply to Amman Message] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120224193222/http://ammanmessage.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=57&Itemid=42 |date=24 February 2012 }}. Ammanmessage.com.</ref>

During the [[Regensburg lecture|2006 controversy surrounding Pope Benedict XVI's lecture]], Karim al-Husseini expressed concern over deteriorating interreligious relations and suggested the situation presented an opportunity for dialogue about religion and reason <ref>[http://www.spiegel.de/international/spiegel/0,1518,442180,00.html SPIEGEL interview with Aga Khan] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061014144824/http://www.spiegel.de/international/spiegel/0,1518,442180,00.html |date=14 October 2006 }} – [[Der Spiegel]]. 12 October 2006</ref>

When he was asked about his view on the consumption of alcohol in a 1965 interview with ''[[The Sunday Times]]'', al-Husseini said, in line with Muslim teaching:

<blockquote>Our belief is that the thing which separates man from the animals is his power of thought. Anything that impedes this process is wrong. Therefore, alcohol is forbidden. I have never touched alcohol. But this, to me, is not a puritan prohibition. I don't want to drink. I've never wanted to drink. There's no pressure being placed on me by my religion.<ref name="Nizari_Alcohol">{{cite web|title=Weekly Review|work=[[The Sunday Times]]|date=December 12, 1965|url=http://www.ismaili.net/intervue/651212.html|access-date=10 April 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110806193711/http://ismaili.net/intervue/651212.html|archive-date=6 August 2011|url-status=live}}</ref></blockquote>

In 2014, Karim al-Husseini became the first faith leader to address a joint session of the [[Parliament of Canada]].<ref name="Address in Canada">{{cite news|title=A Relationship of Mutual Respect and Admiration: His Highness the Aga Khan Becomes First Faith Leader to Address Joint Session of Canadian Parliament|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/rizwan-mawani/mutual-respect-and-admiration_b_4875038.html|access-date=15 March 2014|newspaper=Huffington Post|date=3 March 2014|author=Rizwan Mawani|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140315173749/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/rizwan-mawani/mutual-respect-and-admiration_b_4875038.html|archive-date=15 March 2014 |url-status=live}}</ref>

To mark the 25th anniversary of his Imamate from 1982 to 1983, several development projects were initiated,<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Cowell |first1=Alan |date=14 October 1982 |title=Aga Khan's Silver Jubilee: Bridging Two Worlds |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1982/10/14/world/aga-khan-s-silver-jubilee-bridging-two-worlds.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250608042518/https://www.nytimes.com/1982/10/14/world/aga-khan-s-silver-jubilee-bridging-two-worlds.html |archive-date=8 June 2025 |access-date=7 May 2019 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> including the establishment of the $450 million [[Aga Khan University]] with its Faculty of Health Sciences and teaching hospital based in Karachi, Pakistan,<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Nadeem |first1=Naila |last2=Khawaja |first2=Ranish Deedar Ali |last3=Beg |first3=Madiha |last4=Naeem |first4=Muhammad |last5=Majid |first5=Zain |date=21 March 2013 |title=Undergraduate radiology education in private and public teaching hospitals in Karachi, Pakistan: teaching duties, methodologies, and rewards |journal=Advances in Medical Education and Practice |volume=4 |pages=31–37 |doi=10.2147/AMEP.S40549 |issn=1179-7258 |pmc=3661265 |pmid=23745098 |doi-access=free}}</ref> expansion of schools and healthcare facilities in the Hunza region of northern Pakistan,<ref>{{Cite news |last=Craig |first=Time |title=High up on a Pakistani mountain, a success story for moderate Islam |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/high-up-on-a-pakistani-mountain-a-success-story-for-moderate-islam/2015/07/22/f0b878d2-2572-11e5-b77f-eb13a215f593_story.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150803162806/https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/high-up-on-a-pakistani-mountain-a-success-story-for-moderate-islam/2015/07/22/f0b878d2-2572-11e5-b77f-eb13a215f593_story.html |archive-date=3 August 2015 |newspaper=Washington Post}}</ref> and the establishment of the Aga Khan Rural Support Programme in Gujarat, India.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Procee |first1=Paul |date=5 May 2013 |title=Tanzania Service Delivery Indicators |url=http://pubdocs.worldbank.org/en/635711464369507187/WB-SDI-Brief-Tanzania-HEALTH-v6-print.pdf |url-status=live |pages=1–9 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250608042519/http://pubdocs.worldbank.org/en/635711464369507187/WB-SDI-Brief-Tanzania-HEALTH-v6-print.pdf |archive-date=8 June 2025 |website=World Bank}}</ref>

The 50th anniversary of his Imamate was observed from 2007 to 2008, during which Karim al-Husseini made official visits to various countries and met with government officials to discuss ongoing and future initiatives.<ref>{{cite web |title=Golden Jubilee |url=http://www.theismaili.org/goldenjubilee |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100109135300/http://www.theismaili.org/GoldenJubilee |archive-date=9 January 2010 |access-date=22 December 2009}}</ref> During this period, the Golden Jubilee Games, a sports event for Nizari Ismailis, was organized in Kenya and later continued in other locations.<ref>{{cite web |date=20 June 2008 |title=Golden Jubilee Games |url=http://www.theismaili.org/gjg |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100101224407/http://www.theismaili.org/gjg |archive-date=1 January 2010 |access-date=22 December 2009}}</ref> During his visit to [[Houston]] in [[Texas]], he announced the establishment of the [[Ismaili Center Houston]].<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20100214041130/http://www.theismaili.org/cms/214/Golden-Jubilee-Visits Golden Jubilee: Visits]</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20091206104135/http://www.theismaili.org/cms/749/United-States-of-America-Visit United States of America Visit]</ref>

The 60th anniversary of his tenure was observed from 2017 to 2018,<ref>{{cite web |date=11 July 2016 |title=Mawlana Hazar Imam's Diamond Jubilee to be celebrated in 2017–18 |url=http://www.theismaili.org/news-events/mawlana-hazar-imam%E2%80%99s-diamond-jubilee-be-celebrated-2017-18 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170703125253/http://www.theismaili.org/news-events/mawlana-hazar-imam%E2%80%99s-diamond-jubilee-be-celebrated-2017-18 |archive-date=3 July 2017 |access-date=7 July 2017}}</ref> marked by various events including concerts and arts festivals. In 2018, the [[Henrique de Mendonça]] Palace in Lisbon was designated as the Seat of the Ismaili Imamat.<ref>{{cite web |date=11 July 2018 |title=Mawlana Hazar Imam designates the Seat of the Ismaili Imamat |url=https://the.ismaili/news/mawlana-hazar-imam-designates-seat-imamat |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180831132255/https://the.ismaili/news/mawlana-hazar-imam-designates-seat-imamat |archive-date=31 August 2018 |access-date=15 May 2021}}</ref>

=== Ismaili Constitution ===
{{Main|Isma'ili Constitution}}
In 1986, al-Husseini promulgated a constitution for the Nizari Ismaili community, which was amended in 1998. The document outlines the governance structure and the role of the Imam within the community.<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Bowering |first1=Gerhard |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=q1I0pcrFFSUC&dq=Aga+Khan+IV+enacted+the+Ismaili+Constitution+in+1998&pg=PA23 |title=The Princeton Encyclopedia of Islamic Political Thought |last2=Crone |first2=Patricia |last3=Mirza |first3=Mahan |date=2013 |publisher=Princeton University Press |isbn=978-0-691-13484-0 |pages=23 |archive-date=8 June 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250608042519/https://books.google.com/books?id=q1I0pcrFFSUC&dq=Aga+Khan+IV+enacted+the+Ismaili+Constitution+in+1998&pg=PA23|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Business activities==

===Thoroughbred horse racing===
[[File:Racing silks of Aga Khan.svg|thumb|The [[Jockey#Racing colors|racing colors]] of Karim al-Husseini]]

Al-Husseini's racing horse businesses brought in considerable income.<ref name="horse" /> He owned and operated the largest [[horse racing]] and [[horse breeding|breeding]] operation in France, the French horse auction house, Arqana, Gilltown Stud near Kilcullen in Ireland, and other breeding/stud farms in Europe.<ref name="horse" />

He operated a large horse racing and breeding operation at his estate ''Aiglemont'', in the town of [[Gouvieux]] in the [[Picardy]] region of France – about 4 kilometres ({{frac|2|1|2}} miles) west of the [[Chantilly Racecourse]]. In 1977, he paid £1.3&nbsp;million for the bloodstock owned by [[Anna Dupré]] and in 1978, £4.7 million for the bloodstock of [[Marcel Boussac]].<ref>[http://www.racehorseowner.com/art/rho-aga-khan.html Aga Khan Bio] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140307050613/http://www.racehorseowner.com/art/rho-aga-khan.html |date=7 March 2014 }}. Racehorseowner.com (13 December 1936).</ref> He was said to be France's most influential owner-breeder and record winner of The [[Prix de Diane]], sometimes referred to as the [[French Oaks]].<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/horseracing/9337232/Shock-winner-Valyra-earns-the-Aga-Khan-record-seventh-win-in-the-French-Oaks.html | location=London | work=The Daily Telegraph | first=J A | last=McGrath | title=Shock winner Valyra earns the Aga Khan record seventh win in the French Oaks | date=17 June 2012 | access-date=5 April 2018 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171019105856/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/horseracing/9337232/Shock-winner-Valyra-earns-the-Aga-Khan-record-seventh-win-in-the-French-Oaks.html | archive-date=19 October 2017 | url-status=live | df=dmy-all }}</ref>

Al-Husseini owned Gilltown Stud near [[Kilcullen]], Ireland, and the Haras de Bonneval breeding farm at [[Le Mesnil-Mauger]] in France. In March 2005, he purchased the [[Calvados (department)|Calvados]] stud farms, the [[Haras d'Ouilly]] in [[Pont-d'Ouilly]] and the Haras de Val-Henry in [[Livarot]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.arlingtonpark.com/events/arlington-million-day-37th-running/ |title=Arlington Million Day: 37th Running |website=Arlington Park |language=en-US |access-date=7 May 2019|archive-date=18 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190318022258/https://www.arlingtonpark.com/events/arlington-million-day-37th-running/|url-status=live}}</ref> Haras d'Ouilly had been owned by such horsemen as the [[Louis Jean, duc Decazes|Duc Decazes]], [[François Dupré]], and [[Jean-Luc Lagardère]].<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ymcVAwAAQBAJ&q=Haras+d%27Ouilly%2C+duc+decazes&pg=PA235|title=?talons de pur sang de France|last=Corbi?re|first=Pierre|publisher=Ripol Classic|isbn=978-5883161291|language=fr|archive-date=8 June 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250608042520/https://books.google.com/books?id=ymcVAwAAQBAJ&q=Haras+d%27Ouilly%2C+duc+decazes&pg=PA235|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 2006, he became the majority shareholder of French horse auction house [[Arqana]].<ref name="horse">{{cite web|title=Aga Khan: Owner Profile|publisher=RaceHorseOwner.com|location=North Riding, Gauteng, South Africa|date=16 February 2014|url=http://www.racehorseowner.com/art/rho-aga-khan.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140307050613/http://www.racehorseowner.com/art/rho-aga-khan.html|archive-date=7 March 2014|url-status=live}}</ref>

On 27 October 2009 it was announced that [[Sea the Stars]], regarded by many as one of the greatest racehorses of all time, would stand stud at his Gilltown Stud in Ireland.<ref>[http://www.racingpost.com/news/horse-racing/h-h-aga-khan-sea-the-stars-goes-to-aga-khans-gilltown-stud/647353/#newsArchiveTabs=last7DaysNews "Sea The Stars goes to Aga Khan's Gilltown Stud."] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130927190903/http://www.racingpost.com/news/horse-racing/h-h-aga-khan-sea-the-stars-goes-to-aga-khans-gilltown-stud/647353/#newsArchiveTabs=last7DaysNews |date=27 September 2013 }}. racingpost.com (27 October 2009).</ref>

His unbeaten homebred filly, [[Zarkava]], won the [[2008 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Wood |first=Greg |date=5 October 2008 |title=Zarkava's triumph brings a new high for Aga Khan |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2008/oct/06/horseracing |access-date=6 February 2025 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077|archive-date=30 September 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130930195020/https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2008/oct/06/horseracing|url-status=live}}</ref> His homebred colt, [[Harzand (horse)|Harzand]], won the [[2016 Epsom Derby]]<ref>{{Cite news |last=Wood |first=Greg |date=4 June 2016 |title=Harzand wins Derby after Dermot Weld makes late call to run the colt |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2016/jun/04/harzand-wins-derby-after-late-call-epsom-classic |access-date=6 February 2025 |work=The Observer |issn=0029-7712|archive-date=4 June 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160604210357/https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2016/jun/04/harzand-wins-derby-after-late-call-epsom-classic|url-status=live}}</ref> and the 2016 [[Irish Derby]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=25 June 2016 |title=Harzand: Derby double as Epsom winner triumphs at the Curragh |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/horse-racing/36631284 |access-date=6 February 2025 |work=BBC Sport |archive-date=28 June 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160628174744/https://www.bbc.com/sport/horse-racing/36631284|url-status=live}}</ref>

Al-Husseini was the lead owner of [[Shergar]], the Irish racehorse that was kidnapped from Ballymany stud farm in [[County Kildare]], Ireland, by masked men in 1983 and held for ransom. He and the other co-owners refused to pay a ransom, and the horse was not recovered.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Fitzpatrick |first1=Richard |title=30 Years On: What Happened to Shergar? |url=https://www.rte.ie/sport/racing/2013/0207/366691-asd/ |website=RTE |date=7 February 2013 |access-date=15 September 2020|archive-date=10 February 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130210041647/https://www.rte.ie/sport/racing/2013/0207/366691-asd/|url-status=live}}</ref> Following the abduction of Shergar in 1983, al-Husseini, law enforcement, and members of the public suspected the [[Provisional Irish Republican Army|Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA)]], although the group denied involvement. In 1999, former IRA member [[Sean O'Callaghan]] claimed in his autobiography that the IRA had carried out the abduction. Shergar had become a prominent symbol in Ireland, and the incident prompted public backlash, including among individuals sympathetic to the republican cause.<ref>{{cite book |last1=O'Callaghan |first1=Sean |title=The Informer |date=1999 |publisher=Corgi |location=London |isbn=978-0-552-14607-4}}</ref>

===Other business ventures===
Al-Husseini was involved in multiple business ventures, in such areas as communications media and luxury hotels. In 1959 he founded the Kenyan media company [[Nation Media Group]],<ref>{{Cite book | edition = 1st Carol Pub. Group | publisher = Birch Lane Pr | isbn = 978-1559722155 | last = Coleridge | first = Nicholas | title = Paper Tigers: The Latest, Greatest Newspaper Tycoons | location = Secaucus, NJ | date = March 1994 }}</ref> which among others owns ''[[Daily Nation]]'' and ''Sunday Nation''.<ref name=veage2017>{{cite web | last=Veage | first=John | title=Yesterday in Paradise | website=St George & Sutherland Shire Leader | date=14 February 2017 | url=https://www.theleader.com.au/story/4465802/yesterday-in-paradise/ | access-date=6 January 2024|archive-date=14 February 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170214051717/https://www.theleader.com.au/story/4465802/yesterday-in-paradise/|url-status=live}}</ref>

In the 1990s, he had a group of US$400 a night Italian luxury hotels, called Ciga. Through his for-profit [[AKFED]], he was the largest shareholder in the [[Serena Hotels]] chain.<ref name="serena1">{{cite news | title=Serena adds Tanzanian link to its hotels chain | last=Wafula | first=Paul | url=http://www.nation.co.ke/business/news/Serena+adds+Tanzanian+link+to+its+hotels+chain+/-/1006/1278730/-/n0lsu6/-/index.html | newspaper=Daily Nation | date=24 November 2011 | access-date=9 April 2012 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111214014418/http://www.nation.co.ke/business/news/Serena+adds+Tanzanian+link+to+its+hotels+chain+/-/1006/1278730/-/n0lsu6/-/index.html | archive-date=14 December 2011 | url-status=live | df=dmy-all }}</ref>

==Other activities==
===Aga Khan Development Network===
{{main|Aga Khan Development Network}}
Karim established the [[Aga Khan Development Network|Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN)]], a group of affiliated institutions operating primarily in developing regions. The network includes over 200 agencies and, as of the latest available data, employs approximately 80,000 staff.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.akdn.org/fa|title=Aga Khan Development Network|website=AKDN|access-date=7 May 2019|archive-date=2 September 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220902060551/https://www.akdn.org/fa/|url-status=dead}}</ref> Funding sources include contributions from members of the Ismaili community as well as partnerships with governments and international organisations. AKDN's activities span areas such as health, education, culture, rural development, financial services, and economic initiatives, with a focus on parts of Africa, South and Central Asia, and the Middle East.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.akfusa.org/about-us/|title=About Us|website=Aga Khan Foundation USA|access-date=7 May 2019|archive-date=26 June 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150626000825/https://www.akfusa.org/about-us|url-status=live}}</ref>

Entities affiliated with the AKDN include the [[Aga Khan University]], the [[University of Central Asia]], the [[Aga Khan Fund for Economic Development]] (a for-profit arm), the [[Aga Khan Foundation]], the [[Aga Khan Trust for Culture]], and service organisations in education, health, microfinance, and infrastructure. One of its commercial holdings, the [[Serena Hotels|Serena Hotels Group]], operates a chain of hotels and resorts in several countries across Africa and Asia.<ref name="AKFED_Serena">{{cite web |title=Tourism Promotion Services (TPS) |url=http://www.akdn.org/akfed_tourism.asp |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120125233044/http://www.akdn.org/akfed_tourism.asp |archive-date=25 January 2012 |access-date=10 April 2012 |publisher=Aga Khan Fund for Economic Development}}</ref> The network also administers the [[Aga Khan Award for Architecture]], an architectural prize for projects addressing Muslim societies and contexts.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Aga Khan Awards |url=https://www.architecturalrecord.com/keywords/Aga%20Khan%20Awards |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190507083411/https://www.architecturalrecord.com/keywords/Aga%20Khan%20Awards |archive-date=7 May 2019 |access-date=7 May 2019 |website=architecturalrecord.com}}</ref> 

In 1977, al-Husseini founded the [[Institute of Ismaili Studies]] in London and served as chair of its board of governors.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Institute of Ismaili Studies |url=https://iis.ac.uk/encyclopaedia-articles/institute-ismaili-studies |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210411151215/https://www.iis.ac.uk/encyclopaedia-articles/institute-ismaili-studies |archive-date=11 April 2021 |access-date=7 May 2019 |website=The Institute of Ismaili Studies}}</ref>

[[Focus Humanitarian Assistance]], an AKDN affiliate, coordinates emergency response operations. Its past activities include disaster relief efforts following the 2005 earthquake in Pakistan and the [[2004 Indian Ocean tsunami]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://fas.org/sgp/crs/row/RL32715.pdf |title=Indian Ocean Earthquake and Tsunami:Humanitarian Assistance and Relief Operations |last=Margesson |first=Rhoda |website=FAS |archive-date=8 June 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250608042522/https://fas.org/sgp/crs/row/RL32715.pdf |url-status=live}}</ref>

Projects linked to AKDN or its partner institutions include the [[Aga Khan Museum]] in Toronto,<ref>{{cite news |last1=Smith |first1=Jessica |date=31 January 2025 |title=Toronto's Aga Khan Museum is marking a milestone |url=https://www.ctvnews.ca/toronto/video/2025/01/31/torontos-aga-khan-museum-is-marking-a-milestone/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250608042522/https://www.ctvnews.ca/toronto/video/2025/01/31/torontos-aga-khan-museum-is-marking-a-milestone/ |archive-date=8 June 2025 |access-date=7 February 2025 |publisher=CTV News}}</ref> the [[Delegation of the Ismaili Imamat|Delegation of the Ismaili Imamate]] and the [[Global Centre for Pluralism]] in Ottawa,<ref>{{cite web |title=The Legal Centre for Pluralism: Who We Are |url=https://www.pluralism.ca/who-we-are/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250807023535/https://www.pluralism.ca/who-we-are/ |archive-date=7 August 2025 |website=pluralism.ca |publisher=Global Centre for Pluralism}}</ref> the [[Al-Azhar Park]]<nowiki/>k in Cairo,<ref>{{cite news |last1=Rooks |first1=Timothy |date=28 July 2017 |title=A green oasis in the land of the pharaohs |url=https://www.dw.com/en/aga-khan-development-network-cairos-al-azhar-park-in-egypt/a-39856816 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250513135407/https://www.dw.com/en/aga-khan-development-network-cairos-al-azhar-park-in-egypt/a-39856816 |archive-date=13 May 2025 |access-date=7 February 2025 |publisher=Deutsche Welle}}</ref> the [[Bagh-e Babur]] restoration in Kabul, the [[Sunder Nursery]] in [[Delhi]],<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sunder Nursery: Before and after |url=https://the.akdn/en/resources-media/multimedia/video/sunder-nursery-and-after |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100614074114/https://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/5469/ |archive-date=14 June 2010 |access-date=2025-02-25 |website=Aga Khan Development Network}}</ref> and a network of full [[International Baccalaureate|IB]] residential schools known as the [[Aga Khan Academies]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Suleman |first1=Aleesha |title=The Aga Khan Academies Exchange Programme: Fostering pluralism within future leaders |url=https://the.akdn/en/resources-media/whats-new/spotlights/aga-khan-academies-exchange-programme-fostering-pluralism-within-future-leaders |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250209192022/https://the.akdn/en/resources-media/whats-new/spotlights/aga-khan-academies-exchange-programme-fostering-pluralism-within-future-leaders |archive-date=9 February 2025 |website=the.akdn |publisher=Aga Khan Development Network}}</ref>

In a 2006 public address in Germany, al-Husseini commented on how external observers often categorize the work of the Aga Khan Development Network as philanthropy or enterprise. He stated that, from the perspective of the Ismaili Imamate, such activities are considered part of the Imam's institutional responsibilities rather than being separate from his religious role.<ref name="Aga Khan Tutzing" />

He was served as a vice-president of the [[Royal Commonwealth Society]] until 2025.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Governance |url=https://thercs.org/about-us/governance/ |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161019145459/https://thercs.org/about-us/governance/ |archive-date=19 October 2016 |access-date=7 May 2019 |website=Royal Commonwealth Society}}</ref> 

In March 2019, al-Husseini was named the Global Founding Patron of the Prince's Trust Group by Charles, then the Prince of Wales.<ref>{{Cite web |last=admin@pti |date=2019-03-12 |title=His Highness the Aga Khan Named Prince's Trust Global Founding Patron |url=https://princestrustinternational.org/his-highness-the-aga-khan-named-princes-trust-global-founding-patron/ |access-date=2025-03-12 |website=The King's Trust International |archive-date=29 September 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200929072651/https://princestrustinternational.org/his-highness-the-aga-khan-named-princes-trust-global-founding-patron/ |url-status=live}}</ref> According to the organisation, support linked to this role contributed to programmes reaching over 30,000 young people between 2019 and 2025.<ref>{{Cite web |title=King's Trust Group |url=https://www.kingstrustglobal.org/ |access-date=2025-03-12 |website=King's Trust Group |archive-date=7 July 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250707231034/https://www.kingstrustglobal.org/ |url-status=live}}</ref>

The Aga Khan Development Network is also a founding partner of the [[Paris Peace Forum]], launched in 2018 on the centenary of the World War I Armistice.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Missions and values |url=https://parispeaceforum.org/missions-and-values/ |access-date=2025-03-12 |website=Paris Peace Forum |archive-date=10 November 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231110033454/https://parispeaceforum.org/missions-and-values/|url-status=live}}</ref> The network serves as a strategic partner and participates in the forum's executive and governance bodies.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Partners |url=https://parispeaceforum.org/partners/ |access-date=2025-03-12 |website=Paris Peace Forum |archive-date=16 March 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250316031125/https://parispeaceforum.org/partners/|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Promotion of Islamic architecture===
In 1977, Karim al-Husseini established the [[Aga Khan Award for Architecture]], a triennial award intended to recognize architectural projects that address contemporary design alongside social, environmental, and historical contexts and rejuvenation in Muslim societies. The award cumulatively carries a prize of US$1 million and is administered by an independent jury appointed for each award cycle.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.architects.org/bsaspace/exhibitions/design-diversity-aga-khan-award-architecture|title=Design for Diversity: The Aga Khan Award for Architecture |website=Boston Society of Architects|access-date=7 May 2019|archive-date=7 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190507083407/https://www.architects.org/bsaspace/exhibitions/design-diversity-aga-khan-award-architecture|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Winners of the 2016 Aga Khan Award for Architecture celebrate inclusivity and pluralism |url=https://www.akdn.org/akdn/press-release/winners-2016-aga-khan-award-architecture-celebrate-inclusivity-and-pluralism |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190507102159/https://www.akdn.org/akdn/press-release/winners-2016-aga-khan-award-architecture-celebrate-inclusivity-and-pluralism |archive-date=7 May 2019 |access-date=7 May 2019 |website=AKDN}}</ref> 

In 1979, Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) launched the Aga Khan Program for Islamic Architecture (AKPIA), supported by an endowment from al-Husseini. The program offers academic courses, lectures, and conferences related to [[Islamic architecture]] and urbanism.<ref name="AKPIA">{{cite book |title=AKPIA (Academic Brochure) |publisher=Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Harvard University}}</ref> It also supports research at both institutions. At MIT, students may complete a Master of Science in Architectural Studies with a focus in the program.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Welcome to AKPIA@MIT |url=https://akpia.mit.edu/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250817025843/https://akpia.mit.edu/ |archive-date=17 August 2025 |access-date=7 May 2019 |website=AKPIA}}</ref>

==Personal life==
[[File:2006-06-29 11-44-20 Uganda - Buyira.jpg|thumb|Karim al-Husseini's aircraft sitting at [[Entebbe International Airport]], Uganda, in 2006]]
He avoided most parties and never appeared in [[gossip column]]s.{{r|sportsIll64}} In 1969, al-Husseini married former British model [[Princess Salimah Aga Khan|Sarah Frances Croker Poole]], who assumed the name Salimah Aga Khan upon marrying him. Sarah Frances was a divorcee, having previously been married to Lord James Charles Crichton-Stuart, son of [[John Crichton-Stuart, 5th Marquess of Bute]]. 

The wedding ceremonies were held on 22 October 1969 (civil) and 28 October 1969 (religious) at Karim Aga Khan's home in Paris. Al-Husseini and Begum Salimah had one daughter and two sons together, [[Zahra Aga Khan]] (born 18 September 1970), [[Aga Khan V|Rahim Aga Khan]] (born 12 October 1971), and [[Hussain Aga Khan]] (born 10 April 1974).<ref>{{Cite book |last=Mohamed |first=H. E. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=t74QAQAAIAAJ&q=zahra+hussein+%22aga+khan%22 |title=Historical Witnesses to the Ismaili Epoch: The Pluralism in Islam |date=2004 |publisher=Highlight Publications |isbn=978-0-9734108-0-8 |archive-date=8 June 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250608042523/https://books.google.com/books?id=t74QAQAAIAAJ&q=zahra+hussein+%22aga+khan%22|url-status=live}}</ref> By 1984, al-Husseini and Salimah had taken to living separate lives.<ref name="Aga Khan Affairs 1">{{cite news |last=Hollingsworth |first=Mark |title=Aga in Waiting |url=http://markhollingsworth.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/aga.pdf |access-date=9 April 2012 |newspaper=ES Magazine |date=March 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120903223207/http://markhollingsworth.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/aga.pdf |archive-date=3 September 2012 |url-status=live}}</ref> In 1994, the couple's divorce was made public.<ref>{{Cite book |last=MacCarthy |first=Fiona |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wTJjXDA-AlYC&dq=%22Aga+Khan%22+divorce+%221995%22&pg=PA352 |title=Last Curtsey: The End of the Debutantes |date=7 July 2011 |publisher=Faber & Faber |isbn=978-0-571-26581-7 |pages=352 |archive-date=8 June 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250608042523/https://books.google.com/books?id=wTJjXDA-AlYC&dq=%22Aga+Khan%22+divorce+%221995%22&pg=PA352|url-status=live}}</ref>

On 30 May 1998, al-Husseini married [[Inaara Aga Khan|Gabriele Renate Thyssen]] at his residence, Château de Aiglemont, in Gouvieux, France. Upon marriage, she assumed the name Inaara Aga Khan. Thyssen, born in 1963, had previously been married to [[Prince Karl Emich of Leiningen]], with whom she had a daughter, Teresa.

The couple had one son, Aly Muhammad Aga Khan, born on 7 March 2000. They announced their intention to divorce in October 2004.<ref>[http://www.princessinaara.org/3.html Princess Inaara Foundation] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060512165548/http://www.princessinaara.org/3.html|date=12 May 2006}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Leppard |first1=David |last2=Winnett |first2=Robert |date=21 November 2004 |title=Aga Khan faces the $1&nbsp;billion divorce |url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article393552.ece |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070320034328/http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article393552.ece |archive-date=20 March 2007 |access-date=21 November 2008 |work=The Sunday Times |location=London}}</ref> A divorce settlement was reached in the French courts in September 2011, with the settlement amount finalised in March 2014.<ref name="news.yahoo.com">{{cite web |date=14 March 2014 |title=AP: Aga Khan divorces German princess after dispute |url=https://news.yahoo.com/aga-khan-divorces-german-princess-dispute-154617430.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140607010819/https://news.yahoo.com/aga-khan-divorces-german-princess-dispute-154617430.html |archive-date=7 June 2014 |access-date=4 June 2014 |website=yahoo.com}}</ref>

Al-Husseini was involved in competitive yachting and maritime sports. In 1967, he founded the [[Yacht Club Costa Smeralda]] in [[Porto Cervo]], Sardinia, and served as its president for several decades. The club became known for hosting international sailing events.

He also owned multiple [[Yacht|yachts]], including ''Alamshar'', a 164-foot vessel named after one of his racehorses.<ref>{{Cite web |date=5 February 2025 |title=In Memoriam: Serial yacht owner Aga Khan passes away |url=https://www.superyachttimes.com/yacht-news/alamshar-yacht-owner-aga-khan-passes-away |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250608042524/https://www.superyachttimes.com/yacht-news/alamshar-yacht-owner-aga-khan-passes-away |archive-date=8 June 2025 |access-date=6 February 2025 |website=Super Yacht Times}}</ref> Media reports estimated its cost at approximately £100 million.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Obituaries |first=Telegraph |date=5 February 2025 |title=The Aga Khan, spiritual leader of millions of Ismailis and jet-setting billionaire philanthropist |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2025/02/05/aga-khan-ismaili-muslims-billionaire-racing-turf/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250212150559/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2025/02/05/aga-khan-ismaili-muslims-billionaire-racing-turf/ |archive-date=12 February 2025 |access-date=6 February 2025 |work=The Telegraph |language=en-GB |issn=0307-1235}}</ref>[[File:His Highness the Aga Khan (15760993697).jpg|thumb|Karim al-Husseini in 2014]]Al-Husseini owned [[Bombardier Inc.|Bombardier]] jets.<ref name=":0" /> In 2005, it was reported that he owned a [[Bombardier Global Express]] and another transcontinental jet.<ref>{{Cite web |date=26 January 2005 |title=Aga Khan jet sets on a higher plane |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna6868603 |access-date=6 February 2025 |website=NBC News |archive-date=8 June 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250608042524/https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna6868603|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Personal finances===
In 2009, ''Forbes'' estimated al-Husseini's net worth at approximately US$1 billion,<ref name="ForbesRichestRoyal09">{{cite news |author1=Pendleton, Devon |author2=Serafin, Tatiana |author3=von Zeppelin, Cristina |date=17 June 2009 |title=In Pictures: World's Richest Royals: Prince Karim Al Husseini, Aga Khan |url=https://www.forbes.com/global/2008/0901/038.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131119081304/http://www.forbes.com/global/2008/0901/038.html |archive-date=19 November 2013 |access-date=26 November 2013 |newspaper=Forbes}}</ref> and in 2013, ''Vanity Fair'' reported that his fortune had been estimated at US$13.3 billion.<ref name="vanityfair.com" /> ''Forbes'' also listed him among the world's fifteen wealthiest individuals referred to as "royals", though he did not exercise sovereignty over any state or territory.<ref name="forbes10" />

His personal assets were reported to include multiple estates, a private island in the Bahamas ([[Bell Island (The Bahamas)|Bell Island]]),<ref name="wsjPrivateIsland">{{cite news |last=Jackson |first=Candace |date=29 July 2011 |title=My Own Private Island |url=https://www.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424053111903999904576470253369797270 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150107031111/http://www.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424053111903999904576470253369797270 |archive-date=7 January 2015 |access-date=28 March 2014 |newspaper=The Wall Street Journal}}</ref> a fleet of private jets, and ''Alamshar'', a high-speed yacht reportedly valued at £100 million. He also owned several stud farms and hundreds of racehorses. His primary residence was the [[Aiglemont estate]] in [[Gouvieux]], France.

== Death ==
Al-Husseini died aged 88 at his residence in Lisbon, Portugal, on 4 February 2025.<ref>{{cite news |title=The Aga Khan, philanthropist and spiritual leader, dies aged 88 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/feb/04/the-aga-khan-philanthropist-and-spiritual-leader-dies-aged-88 |access-date=4 February 2025 |work=The Guardian |date=4 February 2025|archive-date=5 February 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250205001210/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/feb/04/the-aga-khan-philanthropist-and-spiritual-leader-dies-aged-88|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-02-05 |title=Ismaili Muslim leader Aga Khan dies aged 88 |url=https://www.dw.com/en/ismaili-muslim-leader-aga-khan-dies-aged-88/a-71508319 |access-date=2025-05-25 |website=Deutsche Welle |archive-date=5 February 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250205192533/https://www.dw.com/en/ismaili-muslim-leader-aga-khan-dies-aged-88/a-71508319|url-status=live}}</ref> In his will, he named his son Rahim Al-Hussaini as his successor, a designation that the Nizari Ismaili community regards as the appointment of the 50th Imam, as [[Aga Khan V]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=5 February 2025 |title=New Aga Khan named as Prince Rahim Al-Hussaini |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ce3ndgd6076o |access-date=5 February 2025 |website=BBC News |archive-date=5 February 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250205213154/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ce3ndgd6076o|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-02-05 |title=Rahim Al-Hussaini is named the new Aga Khan, spiritual leader of Ismaili Muslims |url=https://apnews.com/article/aga-khan-rahim-alhussaini-8efb5353df62fd6f452ca2935507483c |access-date=2025-02-08 |website=AP News |archive-date=5 February 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250205171819/https://apnews.com/article/aga-khan-rahim-alhussaini-8efb5353df62fd6f452ca2935507483c|url-status=live}}</ref> 

A private funeral was held in Lisbon on 8 February. Attendees included Portuguese President [[Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa]], Lisbon Mayor [[Carlos Moedas]], and foreign dignitaries such as Trudeau and former Spanish king [[Juan Carlos I]].<ref name=":02">{{Cite web |date=8 February 2025 |title=Aga Khan's funeral service held in Portugal ahead of private burial ceremony in Egypt |url=https://apnews.com/article/portugal-aga-khan-funeral-ceremony-a5c3015b72fa21ccebc1a888e473035f |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250209141546/https://apnews.com/article/portugal-aga-khan-funeral-ceremony-a5c3015b72fa21ccebc1a888e473035f |archive-date=9 February 2025 |access-date=8 February 2025 |website=AP News}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2025-02-08 |title=Trudeau Among Mourners At Aga Khan Memorial Service In Lisbon |url=https://www.rferl.org/a/aga-khan-funeral-lisbon-trudeau-tributes-memorial-2025/33307837.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250209062548/https://www.rferl.org/a/aga-khan-funeral-lisbon-trudeau-tributes-memorial-2025/33307837.html |archive-date=9 February 2025 |access-date=2025-02-08 |work=Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=6 February 2025 |title=Aga Khan IV to be buried in Egypt on Sunday |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/aga-khan-iv-be-buried-egypt-sunday-2025-02-06/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250207214743/https://www.reuters.com/world/aga-khan-iv-be-buried-egypt-sunday-2025-02-06/ |archive-date=7 February 2025 |access-date=8 February 2025 |website=Reuters}}</ref> On 9 February, al-Husseini was buried in the [[Mausoleum of Aga Khan]] in Aswan, Egypt, where his grandfather is also interred.<ref>{{Cite news |date=9 February 2025 |title=Aga Khan, the leader of Ismaili Muslims, laid to rest in Egypt during private burial ceremony |url=https://apnews.com/article/egypt-aga-khan-burial-ismailis-aswan-cde5bf72b5a9f128108abfd805208b7d |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250209191057/https://apnews.com/article/egypt-aga-khan-burial-ismailis-aswan-cde5bf72b5a9f128108abfd805208b7d |archive-date=9 February 2025 |access-date=10 February 2025 |work=[[AP News]]}}</ref>

== Titles, styles and honours ==
[[File:The President, Shri Pranab Mukherjee presenting the Padma Vibhushan Award to His Highness Prince Karim Aga Khan, at a Civil Investiture Ceremony, at Rashtrapati Bhavan, in New Delhi on April 08, 2015.jpg|thumb|President of India [[Pranab Mukherjee|Shri Pranab Mukherjee]] presents the [[Padma Vibhushan]] award to al-Husseini in New Delhi on 8 April 2015]]

The Aga Khans claim the titles of Prince and Princess by virtue of their descent from [[Fath Ali Shah]] of the Persian [[Qajar dynasty]]. The title was officially recognised by the British government in 1938.<ref name="throne">[[Anne Edwards|Edwards, Anne]] (1996). ''Throne of Gold: The Lives of the Aga Khans'', New York: [[William Morrow and Company|William Morrow]]. {{ISBN|0-00-215196-0}}</ref>

Author Farhad Daftary wrote of how the honorific title ''[[Aga Khan]]'' (from [[Agha (Ottoman Empire)|Agha]] and [[Khan (title)|Khan]]) was first given to [[Aga Khan I|Hasan Ali Shah (The Aga Khan I)]] at the age of thirteen when he, as the young Imam, with his mother decided to go to the Qajar court in [[Tehran]] to obtain justice upon his father's death and was eventually successful. Those who had been involved in murder were punished. "At the same time, the [[Qajar dynasty|Qajar]] monarch bestowed on him the honorific title ([[laqab]]) of Agha Khan (also transcribed as Aqa Khan), meaning lord and master." Daftary additionally commented, "The title of Agha Khan remained hereditary amongst his successors."<ref name="DaftaryIsmailis2ed">{{cite book |last=Daftary |first=Farhad |title=The Ismailis: Their History and Doctrines |publisher=Cambridge University Press |year=2007 |isbn=978-0-511-35561-5 |edition=2nd |location=Cambridge}}</ref> 

In 1957, following the death of his grandfather, Karim al-Husseini was granted the style of [[Highness|His Highness]] by [[Elizabeth II]] of the United Kingdom. The style had previously been granted to Aga Khan III by the British Crown in 1887 and was extended to his successor shortly after his accession as Imam.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-02-10 |title=The King is pleased to grant the new Aga Khan the title "His Highness" |url=https://www.royal.uk/news-and-activity/2025-02-10/the-king-is-pleased-to-grant-the-new-aga-khan-the-title-his-highness#:~:text=The%20title%20of%20'His%20Highness,after%20he%20succeeded%20his%20grandfather. |access-date=2025-03-11 |website=www.royal.uk |archive-date=14 February 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250214012023/https://www.royal.uk/news-and-activity/2025-02-10/the-king-is-pleased-to-grant-the-new-aga-khan-the-title-his-highness|url-status=live}}</ref>

Additionally, the style of [[His Royal Highness]] was granted in 1959 by [[Mohammad Reza Pahlavi]], the [[Shah of Iran]], later overthrown in the [[Iranian Revolution]] of 1979,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.akdn.org/about_honours.asp|title=Aga Khan Development Network – About us: Awards and Honours|access-date=28 April 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090213171832/http://www.akdn.org/about_honours.asp|archive-date=13 February 2009|url-status=dead}}</ref> but al-Husseini preferred to use the style of His Highness.<ref name="British knighthood">{{London Gazette|issue=57155|page=24 |supp=y|date=31 December 2003}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.akdn.org/about_agakhan.asp|title=Aga Khan Development Network – About us: His Highness the Aga Khan|access-date=16 October 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101203095703/http://www.akdn.org/about_agakhan.asp|archive-date=3 December 2010|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>[http://www.debretts.com/people/biographies/search/results/3298/Karim%20AGA%20KHAN%20(IV).aspx Forms of Address: His Highness the Aga Khan] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130617214046/http://www.debretts.com/people/biographies/search/results/3298/Karim%20AGA%20KHAN%20(IV).aspx |date=17 June 2013 }} – website [[Debrett's]]</ref> 

===Honours===
* {{Flag|Bahrain}}:
** [[File:Order of Bahrain, 1st class.png|70px]] Member 1st Class of the Order of Bahrain (2003)<ref name="List of honours">{{cite web|url=http://simerg.com/special-series-his-highness-the-aga-khan-iv/literary-reading-worldwide-honours-for-prince-karim-aga-khan-underline-impact-of-ismaili-imamats-contribution-to-humanity-2/|title=Part I – Worldwide Honours For Prince Karim Aga Khan Underline Impact of Ismaili Imamat's Contribution to Humanity|work=Simerg – Insights from Around the World|access-date=13 August 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140806204721/http://simerg.com/special-series-his-highness-the-aga-khan-iv/literary-reading-worldwide-honours-for-prince-karim-aga-khan-underline-impact-of-ismaili-imamats-contribution-to-humanity-2/|archive-date=6 August 2014|url-status=live|date=13 December 2009}}</ref>
* {{Flag|Canada}}:
** [[File:CAN Order of Canada Companion ribbon.svg|70px]] Honorary Companion of the [[Order of Canada]] (CC, 2005)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gg.ca/honour.aspx?id=8642&t=12&ln=Aga%20Khan |title=Aga Khan, C.C. – Order of Canada |access-date=7 December 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120314025323/http://www.gg.ca/honour.aspx?id=8642&t=12&ln=Aga%20Khan |archive-date=14 March 2012 |url-status=live  }}</ref>
* {{Flag|Comoros}}:
** [[File:Ordire du Croissant Vert GC ribbon.jpg|70px]] Grand Cross of the Order of the Green Crescent (1966)<ref name="List of honours"/>
* {{Flag|France}}:
** [[File:Legion Honneur GC ribbon.svg|70px]] Grand Cross of the [[Legion of Honour]] (2018)<ref>{{Cite web |date=5 February 2025 |title=French president Macron pays tribute to 'inspirational' Aga Khan |url=https://www.rfi.fr/en/sports/20250205-french-president-macron-pays-tribute-to-inspirational-aga-khan |access-date=6 February 2025 |website=RFI |archive-date=7 February 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250207155541/https://www.rfi.fr/en/sports/20250205-french-president-macron-pays-tribute-to-inspirational-aga-khan|url-status=live}}</ref>
** [[File:Ordre des Arts et des Lettres Commandeur ribbon.svg|70px]] Commander of the [[Order of Arts and Letters]] (2010)<ref name="List of honours"/>
* {{Flag|India}}:
** [[File:Padma Vibhushan Ribbon.svg|70px]] [[Padma Vibhushan]] (2015)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pib.nic.in/newsite/erelcontent.aspx?relid=114952|title=Press Information Bureau – Padma Awards 2015|publisher=Indian Ministry of Home Affairs|access-date=16 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170816110637/http://www.pib.nic.in/newsite/erelcontent.aspx?relid=114952|archive-date=16 August 2017|url-status=live}}</ref>
* {{flagicon|Iran|1964}} [[Imperial State of Iran|Iran]]:
** [[File:Order of Crown Ribbon Bar - Imperial Iran.svg|70px]] Grand Cordon of the [[Order of the Crown (Iran)|Order of the Crown]] (1967)<ref name="List of honours"/>
** [[File:25th Centennial Anniversary Medal Ribbon Bar - Imperial Iran.svg|70px]] Commemorative Medal of the [[2,500-year celebration of the Persian Empire|2500th Anniversary of the founding of the Persian Empire]] (14 October 1971)<ref>[http://badraie.com/guests.htm Iran. Host to the World] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305043732/http://badraie.com/guests.htm |date=5 March 2016 }}. Badraie. Retrieved on 27 April 2015.</ref>
* {{Flag|Italy}}:
** [[File:Cordone di gran Croce OMRI BAR.svg|70px]] Knight Grand Cross of the [[Order of Merit of the Italian Republic]] (1977){{efn|The Aga Khan is the first Muslim to receive the honour.}}<ref name="List of honours"/>
** [[File:1020px ribbon bar of the Order of Merit for Labour.svg|70px]] Knight of the [[Order of Merit for Labour]] (1988)<ref name="List of honours"/>
* {{flag|Ivory Coast}}:
** [[File:Cote d'Ivoire Ordre national GC ribbon.svg|70px]] Grand Cross of the [[National Order of the Ivory Coast]] (1965)<ref name="List of honours"/>
* {{Flag|Kenya}}:
** [[File:Order of the Golden Heart of Kenya.svg|70px]] Chief of the [[Order of the Golden Heart of Kenya]] (CGH, 2007)<ref name="List of honours"/><ref>[http://allafrica.com/stories/200708160085.html Kenya: Country Honours Aga Khan (Page 1 of 1)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121011220327/http://allafrica.com/stories/200708160085.html |date=11 October 2012 }} – website allAfrica.com</ref>
* {{Flag|Madagascar}}:
** [[File:MDG National Order - Grand Cross 2nd Class BAR.png|70px]] Grand Cross 2nd Class of the [[National Order of Madagascar]] (1966)<ref name="List of honours"/>
* {{Flag|Mali}}:
** [[File:Mali Ordre national du Mali GC ribbon.svg|70px]] Grand Cross of the [[National Order of Mali]] (2008)<ref name="List of honours"/>
* {{Flag|Mauritania}}:
** [[File:MRT Commander Order of National Merit.png|MRT Commander Order of National Merit|70px]] Commander of the [[National Order of Merit (Mauritania)|National Order of Merit]] (1960)<ref name="List of honours"/>
* {{Flag|Morocco}}:
** [[File:MAR Order of the Throne - Special Class BAR.png|70px]] Grand Cordon of the [[Order of the Throne]] (1986)<ref name="List of honours"/>
* {{Flag|Pakistan}}:
** [[File:Nishan-e-Pakistan ribbon bar.svg|70px]] [[Nishan-e-Pakistan]] (NPk, 1983)<ref name="List of honours"/>
** [[File:Nishan-i-Imtiaz Pakistan.svg|70px]] [[Nishan-i-Imtiaz]] (NI, 1970)<ref name="List of honours"/>
* {{Flag|Portugal}}:
** [[File:PRT Order of Liberty - Grand Cross BAR.svg|70px]] Grand Cross of the [[Order of Liberty]] (GCL, 2017)<ref>[https://dre.pt/web/guest/pesquisa/-/search/108231492/details/maximized Alvará (extrato) n.º 11/2017] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180626192536/https://dre.pt/web/guest/pesquisa/-/search/108231492/details/maximized |date=26 June 2018 }}. ''[[Diário da República]]'' n.º 189/2017, Série II de 29 September 2017</ref>
** [[File:PRT Order of Christ - Grand Cross BAR.svg|70px]] Grand Cross of the [[Order of Christ (Portugal)|Order of Christ]] (GCC, 2005)<ref name="List of honours"/>
** [[File:POR Ordem do Merito Gra-Cruz BAR.svg|70px]] Grand Cross of the [[Order of Merit (Portugal)|Order of Merit]] (GCM, 1998)<ref name="List of honours"/>
** [[File:PRT Order of Prince Henry - Grand Cross BAR.svg|70px]] Grand Cross of the [[Order of Prince Henry]] (GCIH, 1960)<ref name="List of honours"/>
* {{Flag|Senegal}}:
** [[File:SEN Order of the Lion - Grand Officer BAR.svg|70px]] Grand Officer of the [[National Order of the Lion]] (1982)<ref name="List of honours"/>
* {{Flag|Spain}}:
** [[File:Order of Civil Merit (Spain) GC.svg|70px]] Grand Cross of the [[Order of Civil Merit]] (1991)<ref name="List of honours"/><ref>[https://boe.es/diario_boe/txt.php?id=BOE-A-1991-28831 Boletín Oficial del Estado]{{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250608042527/https://boe.es/diario_boe/txt.php?id=BOE-A-1991-28831 |date=8 June 2025 }}</ref>
* {{Flag|Tajikistan}}:
** [[File:TJ Zarrintoch rib.png|70px]] Recipient of the Order of Friendship (1998)<ref name="List of honours"/>
* {{Flag|Uganda}}:
** [[File:Order of the Pearl of Africa (Uganda) - ribbon bar.gif|70px]] Collar of the [[Order of the Pearl of Africa]] (2017)<ref>{{cite news |title=Mawlana Hazar Imam presented with Uganda's highest honour |url=https://the.ismaili/news/mawlana-hazar-imam-presented-uganda%E2%80%99s-highest-honour |access-date=22 July 2018 |work=The Ismaili |date=8 October 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180722101157/https://the.ismaili/news/mawlana-hazar-imam-presented-uganda%E2%80%99s-highest-honour |archive-date=22 July 2018 |url-status=live  }}</ref>
* {{Flag|United Kingdom}}:
** [[File:Order of the British Empire (Civil) Ribbon.svg|70px]] Ordinary Knight Commander of the [[Order of the British Empire]] (KBE, 2003)<ref name="British knighthood" /><ref name="List of honours"/>
* {{flagicon|Upper Volta|1958}} [[Republic of Upper Volta|Upper Volta]]:
** [[File:Haute-Volta Ordre national voltaique Chevalier ribbon.svg|70px]] Grand Cross of the National Order of Upper Volta (1965)<ref name="List of honours"/>
* {{flagicon|Zanzibar|1963}} [[Sultanate of Zanzibar|Zanzibar]]:
** [[File:Order of the Brilliant Star of Zanzibar - ribbon bar.gif|70px]] Grand Cross of the [[Order of the Brilliant Star of Zanzibar]] (1957)<ref name="List of honours"/>

===Honorary degrees===
* {{Flagu|Canada}}: Honorary [[Doctor of Laws|LL.D.]] degree, [[Simon Fraser University]] (2018)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sfu.ca/university-communications/media-releases/2018/10/ubc-and-sfu-award-honorary-degrees-to-his-highness-the-aga-khan.html|title=UBC and SFU award honorary degrees to His Highness the Aga Khan – University Communications – Simon Fraser University|archive-date=26 March 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230326034412/https://www.sfu.ca/university-communications/media-releases/2018/10/ubc-and-sfu-award-honorary-degrees-to-his-highness-the-aga-khan.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* {{Flagu|Canada}}: Honorary [[Doctor of Laws|LL.D.]] degree, [[University of British Columbia]] (2018)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.ubc.ca/2018/10/17/event-ubc-and-sfu-award-honorary-degrees-to-his-highness-the-aga-khan/|title=Event: UBC and SFU award honorary degrees to His Highness the Aga Khan|date=17 October 2018|archive-date=17 October 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181017175843/https://news.ubc.ca/2018/10/17/event-ubc-and-sfu-award-honorary-degrees-to-his-highness-the-aga-khan/|url-status=live}}</ref>
* {{Flagu|Canada}}: Honorary [[Doctor of Laws|LL.D.]] degree, [[University of Calgary]] (2018)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ucalgary.ca/utoday/issue/2018-10-19/his-highness-aga-khan-receives-ucalgary-honorary-degree-special-ceremony|title=His Highness the Aga Khan receives UCalgary honorary degree at special ceremony|date=17 October 2018}}</ref>
* {{Flagu|Canada}}: Honorary [[Doctor of Laws|LL.D.]] degree, [[McGill University]] (1983)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mcgill.ca/secretariat/sites/mcgill.ca.secretariat/files/hondoclistalpha_0.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=7 February 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130722105517/http://www.mcgill.ca/secretariat/sites/mcgill.ca.secretariat/files/hondoclistalpha_0.pdf |archive-date=22 July 2013 }}</ref>
* {{Flagu|Canada}}: Honorary LL.D. degree, [[McMaster University]] (1987)<ref>[http://www.mcmaster.ca/univsec/reports_lists/S_HD_Recipients.pdf Honorary Degree Recipients (Chronological) 1892–Present] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170703144417/http://www.mcmaster.ca/univsec/reports_lists/S_HD_Recipients.pdf |date=3 July 2017 }}. McMaster University</ref>
* {{Flagu|Canada}}: Honorary LL.D. degree, [[University of Toronto]] (2004)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.magazine.utoronto.ca/all-about-alumni/aga-khan-ed-mirvish-honorary-degree/|title=Aga Khan Receives Honorary Degree – Roberta Jamieson, Ed Mirvish Honorary Degree – Spring 2016 – University of Toronto Magazine|date=5 September 2004 |access-date=13 September 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140913082306/http://www.magazine.utoronto.ca/all-about-alumni/aga-khan-ed-mirvish-honorary-degree/|archive-date=13 September 2014|url-status=live}}</ref>
* {{Flagu|Canada}}: Honorary LL.D. degree, [[University of Alberta]] (2009)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.senate.ualberta.ca/HonoraryDegrees/PastHonoraryDegreeRecipients.aspx|title=Past Honorary Degree Recipients|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304185921/http://www.senate.ualberta.ca/HonoraryDegrees/PastHonoraryDegreeRecipients.aspx|archive-date=4 March 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* {{Flagu|Canada}}: Honorary [[Doctor of the University|DUniv]] degree, [[University of Ottawa]] (2012)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.uottawa.ca/president/honorary-doctorates/citations/khan-aga-2012|title=Honorary doctorates – Office of the President – University of Ottawa|access-date=17 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160508145741/http://www.uottawa.ca/president/honorary-doctorates/citations/khan-aga-2012|archive-date=8 May 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* {{Flagu|Canada}}: Honorary D.S.Litt. degree, [[University of Toronto]] (2013)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.utoronto.ca/aga-khan-receives-honorary-degree-trinity-college-u-t|title=The Aga Khan receives honorary degree from Trinity College at U of T|work=University of Toronto|access-date=13 September 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140912233632/http://www.news.utoronto.ca/aga-khan-receives-honorary-degree-trinity-college-u-t|archive-date=12 September 2014|url-status=live}}</ref>
* {{Flagu|Canada}}: Honorary D.Litt. degree in medieval studies, [[Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies]] (2016)<ref>{{Cite web |title=PIMS Honours the Aga Khan |url=https://pims.ca/news-item/pims-honours-the-aga-khan/ |access-date=21 September 2019 |website=PIMS |date=June 2016 |archive-date=25 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200925234659/https://pims.ca/news-item/pims-honours-the-aga-khan/|url-status=live}}</ref>
* {{Flagu|Pakistan}}: Honorary LL.D. degree, [[University of Sindh]] (1970)<ref>{{Cite web|title=Honorary Doctorate of Laws from the University of Sindh |url=https://www.akdn.org/speech/his-highness-aga-khan/honorary-doctorate-laws-university-sindh|access-date=22 July 2020|website=AKDN|archive-date=22 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200722152718/https://www.akdn.org/speech/his-highness-aga-khan/honorary-doctorate-laws-university-sindh|url-status=live}}</ref>
* {{Flagu|Portugal}}: Honorary [[PhD]] degree, [[Universidade Nova de Lisboa|NOVA University of Lisbon]] (2017)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.unl.pt/en/calendar/general/honoris-causa-doctorate-his-highness-shah-karim-al-hussaini-prince-aga-khan-20-july|title=-Honoris Causa doctorate of His Highness Shah Karim Al-Hussaini, Prince Aga Khan – 20 July|work=Nova University of Lisbon|access-date=26 July 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170717022118/http://www.unl.pt/en/calendar/general/honoris-causa-doctorate-his-highness-shah-karim-al-hussaini-prince-aga-khan-20-july|archive-date=17 July 2017|url-status=live|date=3 July 2017}}</ref>
* {{Flagu|United Kingdom}}: Honorary LL.D. degree, [[University of Wales]] (1993)<ref>[http://www.wales.ac.uk/Resources/Documents/Governance/5HonoursandOfficers.pdf Graddedigion er Anrhydedd / Honorary Graduates] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140813011305/http://www.wales.ac.uk/Resources/Documents/Governance/5HonoursandOfficers.pdf |date=13 August 2014 }} – website of the University of Wales</ref>
* {{Flagu|United Kingdom}}: Honorary [[Doctor of Divinity|D.D.]] degree, [[University of Cambridge]] (2009)<ref>[http://www.theismaili.org/cms/735/Eight-hundred-yearold-Cambridge-University-awards-Mawlana-Hazar-Imam-an-honorary-degree Eight hundred year-old Cambridge University awards Mawlana Hazar Imam an honorary degree] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100507120431/http://www.theismaili.org/cms/735/Eight-hundred-yearold-Cambridge-University-awards-Mawlana-Hazar-Imam-an-honorary-degree |date=7 May 2010 }}. Theismaili.org.</ref>
* {{Flagu|United States}}: Honorary LL.D. degree, [[Brown University]] (1996)<ref>[https://www.brown.edu/campus-life/events/ogden/previous-ogden-lectures/his-highness-aga-khan Previous Ogden Lectures: His Highness the Aga Khan] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151117144049/http://www.brown.edu/campus-life/events/ogden/previous-ogden-lectures/his-highness-aga-khan |date=17 November 2015 }} – website of the Brown University</ref>
* {{Flagu|United States}}: Honorary LL.D. degree, [[Harvard University]] (2008)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://harvardmagazine.com/2008/07/honoris-causa-html|title=Harvard Magazine|access-date=13 November 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130926231536/http://harvardmagazine.com/2008/07/honoris-causa-html|archive-date=26 September 2013|url-status=live|date=July 2008}}</ref>

===Awards===
* {{Flagu|Canada}}: [[List of Keys to the City in Canada|Key to the City]] of [[Ottawa]] (2005)<ref name="List of honours 2">{{cite web|url=https://simerg.com/special-series-his-highness-the-aga-khan-iv/literary-reading-part-ii-worldwide-honours-for-prince-karim-aga-khan-underline-impact-of-ismaili-imamats-contribution-to-humanity-2/|title=Part II – Worldwide Honours For Prince Karim Aga Khan Underline Impact of Ismaili Imamat’s Contribution to Humanity|work=Simerg – Insights from Around the World|access-date=2 December 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241203100212/https://simerg.com/special-series-his-highness-the-aga-khan-iv/literary-reading-part-ii-worldwide-honours-for-prince-karim-aga-khan-underline-impact-of-ismaili-imamats-contribution-to-humanity-2/|archive-date=3 December 2024|url-status=live|date=27 January 2012}}</ref>
* {{Flagu|Canada}}: [[Honorary Canadian citizenship]] (2010)<ref>{{cite hansard|url=http://www.parl.gc.ca/HousePublications/Publication.aspx?Language=E&Mode=1&Parl=40&Ses=2&DocId=4012641#SOB-2849627|title=House of Commons Debates: 40th Parliamenet, 2nd Session|date=19 June 2009|house=House of Commons|access-date=26 February 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130507121741/http://www.parl.gc.ca/HousePublications/Publication.aspx?DocId=4012641&Language=E&Mode=1&Parl=40&Ses=2#SOB-2849627|archive-date=7 May 2013|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Halfnight|first=Adam McDowell and Drew|url=http://www.nationalpost.com/Harper+makes+Khan+honorary+Canadian/3084925/story.html|title=Harper makes Aga Khan honorary Canadian|newspaper=National Post|date=27 May 2010|access-date=13 April 2020|language=en-CA|issn=1486-8008|archive-date=16 April 2020|archive-url=https://archive.today/http://www.nationalpost.com/Harper+makes+Khan+honorary+Canadian/3084925/story.html|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="List of honours 2"/>
* {{Flagu|Canada}}: [[List of Keys to the City in Canada|Key to the City]] of [[Toronto]] (2022)<ref>{{Cite web |date=25 September 2022 |title=His Highness the Aga Khan honoured with a Key to the City and ceremonial street renaming |url=https://www.toronto.ca/news/his-highness-the-aga-khan-honoured-with-a-key-to-the-city-and-ceremonial-street-renaming/ |access-date=18 March 2024 |website=City of Toronto |archive-date=25 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220925171830/https://www.toronto.ca/news/his-highness-the-aga-khan-honoured-with-a-key-to-the-city-and-ceremonial-street-renaming/|url-status=live}}</ref>
* {{Flagu|Canada}}: Honorary Fellow of the [[Royal Architectural Institute of Canada]], [[Ottawa]] (2025)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Canada |first=2025 Honorary Fellows |date=2025-03-07 |title=His Late Highness Prince Aga Khan IV was inducted as an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada |url=https://raic.org/2025-honorary-fellows#:~:text=The%20remarkable%20accomplishments%20of%20His%20Late%20Highness%20Prince%20Karim%20Aga%20Khan%20IV |access-date=2025-03-15 |website=Royal Architectural Institute of Canada |archive-date=15 April 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250415183239/https://raic.org/2025-honorary-fellows |url-status=live}}</ref>
* {{Flagu|France}}: Silver Medal of the [[Académie d'Architecture]] (1991)<ref name="List of honours"/>
* {{Flagu|France}}: Insignia of Honour, [[International Union of Architects]] (2001)<ref name="List of honours"/>
* {{Flagu|France}}: Associate Foreign Member, [[Académie des Beaux-Arts]] (2008)<ref name="List of honours"/>
* {{Flagu|France}}: Philanthropic Entrepreneur of the Year, by ''[[Le Nouvel Économiste]]'', Paris (2009)<ref name="List of honours"/>
* {{Flagu|Germany}}: Die Quadriga Award, the United We Care Award (2005)<ref name="List of honours"/>
* {{Flagu|Germany}}: Tolerance Prize of the Evangelical Academy of [[Tutzing]] (2006)<ref name="List of honours"/>
* {{Flagu|Italy}}: Honorary Citizen of the Town of [[Arzachena]] ([[Sardinia]]) (1962)<ref name="List of honours 2"/>
* {{Flagu|Italy}}: [[Gold Mercury Ad Personam Award]], non-state organization (1982)<ref name="List of honours"/>
* {{flag|Ivory Coast}}: Freeman of [[Abidjan]], and presented with a Key to the City of [[Abidjan]] (1960)<ref name="List of honours 2"/>
* {{flag|Jordan}}: One of [[The 500 Most Influential Muslims]] in the world, by [[Royal Islamic Strategic Studies Centre]] (2009–13)<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Muslim 500: The World's 500 Most Influential Muslims, 2013/14 |url=https://themuslim500.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/TheMuslim500-2013-low.pdf |website=The Royal Islamic Strategic Studies Centre |archive-date=13 September 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180913185254/https://themuslim500.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/TheMuslim500-2013-low.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref>
* {{Flagu|Kazakhstan}}: State Award for Peace and Progress (2002)<ref name="List of honours"/>
* {{Flagu|Kazakhstan}}: Honoured Educator of the Republic of Kazakhstan (2008)<ref name="List of honours"/>
* {{Flagu|Kenya}}: Honorary Citizen of the Town of [[Kisumu]] (1981)<ref name="List of honours 2"/>
* {{Flagu|Madagascar}}: Key to the City of [[Majunga]] (1966)<ref name="List of honours 2"/>
* {{Flagu|Mali}}: Honorary Citizen of the Islamic Ummah of [[Timbuktu]] (2003)<ref name="List of honours 2"/>
* {{Flagu|Mali}}: Citizen of Honour of the Municipality of [[Timbuktu]] (2008)<ref name="List of honours 2 "/>
* {{Flagu|Pakistan}}: [[Colonel commandant|Honorary Colonel]] of the 6th Lancers by the [[Pakistani Army]] (1970)<ref name="List of honours"/>
* {{Flagu|Pakistan}}: Honorary Citizen of [[Lahore]], and presented with a key to the City of [[Lahore]] (1980)<ref name="List of honours 2"/>
* {{Flagu|Pakistan}}: Honorary Membership, Pakistan Medical Association, [[Sindh]] (1981)<ref name="List of honours"/>
* {{Flagu|Pakistan}}: Key to the City of [[Karachi]] (1981)<ref name="List of honours 2"/>
* {{Flagu|Pakistan}}: Honorary Fellowship of the [[College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan]] (CPSP) (1985)<ref name="List of honours"/>
* {{Flagu|Portugal}}: Key to the City of [[Lisbon]] (1996)<ref name="List of honours 2"/>
* {{Flagu|Portugal}}: Foreign Member, Class of Humanities, by [[Lisbon Academy of Sciences]] (2009)<ref name="List of honours"/>
* {{Flagu|Portugal}}: 2013 [[North–South Prize]] of the [[Council of Europe]] (2014)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Aga Khan and Suzanne Jabbour receive North-South Centre Prize |url=https://www.coe.int/en/web/portal/-/aga-khan-and-suzanne-jabbour-receive-north-south-centre-prize |access-date=6 February 2025 |website=Council of Europe |archive-date=17 February 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240217014104/https://www.coe.int/en/web/portal/-/aga-khan-and-suzanne-jabbour-receive-north-south-centre-prize|url-status=live}}</ref>
* {{Flagu|Portugal}}: Key to the City of [[Porto]] (2019)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Lusa |first=Agência |title=Morreu Aga Khan, o homem discreto e carismático que liderou os muçulmanos xiitas ismailis |url=https://observador.pt/2025/02/04/morreu-aga-khan-lider-dos-muculmanos-xiitas-ismailis/ |access-date=6 February 2025 |website=Observador |language=pt |archive-date=4 February 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250204220827/https://observador.pt/2025/02/04/morreu-aga-khan-lider-dos-muculmanos-xiitas-ismailis/|url-status=live}}</ref>
* {{Flagu|Scotland}}: [[Andrew Carnegie Medal of Philanthropy|Carnegie Medal]] for Philanthropy (2005)<ref name="List of honours"/>
* {{Flagu|Spain}}: Guest of Honour of [[Granada]] (1991)<ref name="List of honours"/>
* {{Flagu|Spain}}: Honorary Citizen of [[Granada]] (1991)<ref name="List of honours"/>
* {{Flagu|Spain}}: Gold Medal of the City of [[Granada]] (1998)<ref name="List of honours 2"/>
* {{Flagu|Spain}}: Royal [[Toledo, Spain|Toledo]] Foundation (Real Fundación de Toledo) Award (2006)<ref name="List of honours"/>
* {{Flagu|Sweden}}: Archon Award, International Nursing Honour Society, [[Sigma Theta Tau]] International (2001)<ref name="List of honours"/>
* {{Flagu|Tanzania}}: Honorary Citizen of [[Dar es Salaam]] (2005)<ref name="List of honours 2"/>
* {{Flagu|United Kingdom}}: The Gold Mercury International "AD PERSONAM" Award (1982)<ref name="List of honours"/>
* {{Flagu|United Kingdom}}: Honorary Fellowship, [[Royal Institute of British Architects]] (1991)<ref name="List of honours"/>
* {{Flagu|United Kingdom}}: Andrew Carnegie Medal of Philanthropy (2005)<ref name="List of honours"/>
* {{Flagu|United Kingdom}}: Winner of the 10th annual [[Peter O'Sullevan]] Award at the Savoy in London (2006)<ref name="List of honours"/>
* {{Flagu|United States}}: Thomas Jefferson Memorial Foundation Medal in Architecture, [[University of Virginia]] (1984)<ref name="List of honours"/>
* {{Flagu|United States}}: Institute Honor of the [[American Institute of Architects]] (1984)<ref name="List of honours"/>
* {{Flagu|United States}}: Honorary Member of the [[American Institute of Architects]] (1992)<ref name="List of honours"/>
* {{Flagu|United States}}: Foreign Honorary Member of the [[American Academy of Arts and Sciences]] (1996)<ref name=AAAS>{{cite web|title=Book of Members, 1780–2010: Chapter A|url=http://www.amacad.org/publications/BookofMembers/ChapterA.pdf|publisher=American Academy of Arts and Sciences|access-date=6 April 2011| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110510021801/http://www.amacad.org/publications/BookofMembers/ChapterA.pdf| archive-date=10 May 2011 | url-status= live}}</ref>
* {{Flagu|United States}}: Hadrian Award, [[World Monuments Fund]] (1996)<ref name="List of honours"/>
* {{Flagu|United States}}: [[Vincent Scully Prize]], [[National Building Museum]] (2005)<ref name="List of honours"/>
* {{Flagu|United States}}: Key to the City of [[Austin, Texas|Austin]] (2008)<ref name="List of honours 2"/>
* {{Flagu|United States}}: [[UCSF]] medal (2011)<ref>{{cite web |title=UCSF Medal |url=https://chancellor.ucsf.edu/chancellor-awards/ucsf-medal |website=Office of the Chancellor |access-date=1 July 2020 |archive-date=29 January 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190129015150/https://chancellor.ucsf.edu/chancellor-awards/ucsf-medal|url-status=live}}</ref>
* {{Flagu|United States}}: Key to the City of [[Sugar Land, Texas]] (2018)<ref name="List of honours"/>
* {{Flagu|United States}}: ULI [[J.C. Nichols]] Prize for Visionaries in [[Urban Development]], Los Angeles (2011)<ref name="List of honours"/>
* {{Flagu|Uzbekistan}}: Honorary Citizen of the City of [[Samarkand]] and presented with a Key to the City of [[Samarkand]] (1992)<ref name="List of honours 2"/>

==Hashemite ancestry==
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|1= 1. '''Aga Khan IV'''
|2= 2. [[Aly Khan]]
|3= 3. [[Joan Yarde-Buller|Taj-ud-dawlah]]
|4= 4. [[Aga Khan III]]
|5= 5. Cleope Teresa Magliano
|6= 6. [[John Yarde-Buller, 3rd Baron Churston]]
|7= 7. [[Denise Orme|Jessie Smither]]
|8= 8. [[Aga Khan II]]
|9= 9. Shams al-Muluk
|12= 12. [[John Yarde-Buller, 2nd Baron Churston]]
|13= 13. Barbara Yelverton
|14= 14. Alfred John Smither
|15= 15. Jessica Henrietta Pococke
}}

===Patrilineal descent===
{{chart top|text-align=left|collapsed=yes|Patrilineal descent<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ismailignosis.com/2016/07/09/the-aga-khans-direct-descent-from-prophet-muhammad-historical-proof/ |title=The Aga Khan's Direct Descent from Prophet Muhammad: Historical Proof |website=Ismaili Gnosis |date=9 July 2016 |access-date=8 October 2019|archive-date=5 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160805112334/https://ismailignosis.com/2016/07/09/the-aga-khans-direct-descent-from-prophet-muhammad-historical-proof/|url-status=live}}</ref>}}
Shah Karim al-Hussaini Aga Khan's patriline is the line from which he is descended father to son.

;Nizari Imams of the Fatimid Dynasty
# [[Adnan]]
# [[Ma'ad ibn Adnan]]
# Nizar ibn Ma'ad
# Mudar ibn Nizar
# Ilyas ibn Mudar
# [[Mudrikah ibn Ilyas]]
# Khuzayma ibn Mudrika
# Kinanah ibn Khuzayma
# [[An-Nadr ibn Kinanah]]
# Malik ibn Al-Nadr
# [[Fihr ibn Malik]]
# Ghalib ibn Fihr
# [[Lu'ayy ibn Ghalib]]
# [[Ka'b ibn Lu'ayy]]
# [[Murrah ibn Ka'b]]
# [[Kilab ibn Murrah]] b. ca. 372
# [[Qusay ibn Kilab]] ca. 400-ca. 480
# [[Abd Manaf ibn Qusai]]
# [[Hashim ibn Abd Manaf]], ca. 464-ca. 497
# [[Abd al-Muttalib]], ca. 497–578
# [[Abu Talib ibn Abd al-Muttalib]], 535–619
# 4th Caliph and 1st Imam [[Ali ibn Abu Talib]], 601–661, cousin and son-in-law of the Prophet [[Muhammad]]
# 2nd Imam [[Husayn ibn Ali]], 626–680
# 3rd Imam [[Ali ibn Husayn Zayn al-Abidin]], 659–713
# 4th Imam [[Muhammad al-Baqir]], 677–733
# 5th Imam [[Jafar al-Sadiq]], ca. 702–765
# 6th Imam [[Ismail ibn Jafar]], ca. 722-ca. 762
# 7th Imam [[Muhammad ibn Ismail]], 740–813
# 8th Imam [[Ahmad al-Wafi]], 795/746-827/828
# 9th Imam [[Muhammad at-Taqi (Isma'ili)]], 813/814-839/840
# 10th Imam [[Radi Abdullah]], 832–881
# 11th Imam Caliph [[Abdullah al-Mahdi Billah]], 873–934
# 12th Imam Caliph [[Al-Qa'im (Fatimid caliph)|Al-Qa'im]], 893–946
# 13th Imam Caliph [[Al-Mansur Billah]], 914–953
# 14th Imam Caliph [[Al-Mu'izz li-Din Allah]], 932–975
# 15th Imam Caliph [[Al-Aziz Billah]], 955–996
# 16th Imam Caliph [[Al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah]], 985–1021
# 17th Imam Caliph [[Ali az-Zahir]], 1005–1036
# 18th Imam Caliph [[Al-Mustansir Billah]], 1029–1094
# 19th Imam [[Nizar al-Mustafa]], 1045–1095
# 20th Imam [[Ali al-Hadi ibn Nizar|Ali Al-Husayn Al-Hadi]], 1076–1132
# 21st Imam Al-Muhtadi, Muhammad I, 1106–1157
# 22nd Imam Al-Qahir, Hasan I, 1126–1162
# 23rd Imam [[Hassan II of Alamut]] (also referred to as 'Alā Zikrihi-s-Salām), 1142/1145-1166
# 24th Imam [[Muhammad II of Alamut]], 1148–1210
# 25th Imam [[Hassan III of Alamut]], 1187–1221
# 26th Imam [[Muhammad III of Alamut]], 1211–1255
# 27th Imam [[Rukn al-Din Khurshah]], ca. 1230-1256/1257
# 28th Imam [[Shams al-Din (Nizari)]], 1257–1310
# 29th Imam Qasim Shah, 1310–1368
# 30th Imam Islam Shah, d. 1424
# 31st Imam Muhammad ibn Islam Shah, d. 1464
# 32nd Imam [[Al-Mustansir Billah II (Nizari imam)|Ali Shah Qalandar, al-Mustansir Billah II]], d. 1480
# 33rd Imam Abd-us-Salam Shah, d. 1494
# 34th Imam [[Al-Mustansir Billah III|Abbas Shah Gharib, al-Mustansir Billah III]], d. 1498
# 35th Imam [[Abu Dharr Ali|Abuzar Ali Nur Shah]], d. ca. 1509
# 36th Imam [[Murād Mīrzā]], d. 1574
# 37th Imam Dhu-l-Fiqar Ali Zulfiqar Ali, Khalilullah I, d. 1634
# 38th Imam Nur al-Din Ali, d. 1671
# 39th Imam [[Khalilullah II Ali|Ali, Khalilullah II]], d. 1680
# 40th Imam [[Shah Nizar II]], d. 1722
# 41st Imam [[Sayyid Ali (Nizari imam)|Sayed Ali]], d. ca. 1736
# 42nd Imam [[Sayyid Hasan Ali|Al-Hassan Ali Beg]], d. ca. 1747
# 43rd Imam Sayed Jafar, Al-Qasim Ali, d. ca. 1756
# 44th Imam Abū-l-Hasan ʻAlī, d. 1792
# 45th Imam [[Shah Khalilullah III]], 1740–1817
# 46th Imam Hasan Ali Shah, [[Aga Khan I]], 1804–1881
# 47th Imam Aqa Ali Shah, [[Aga Khan II]], 1830–1885
# 48th Imam Sultan Muhammad Shah, [[Aga Khan III]], 1877–1957
# [[Aly Khan]], 1911–1960
# 49th Imam Shah Karim Al-Hussaini, Aga Khan IV, 1936–2025
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==Cultural depictions==
Al-Husseini is mentioned in the 1969 [[Peter Sarstedt]] song ''[[Where Do You Go To (My Lovely)?]]''.<ref>{{cite news|date=10 January 2017 |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/music/peter-sarstedt-who-sang-the-60s-hit-where-do-you-go-to-my-lovely-dies-at-75/2017/01/09/7904b07a-d67a-11e6-b8b2-cb5164beba6b_story.html |title=Peter Sarstedt, who sang the '60s hit 'Where Do You Go To (My Lovely),' dies at 75 |newspaper=The Washington Post |archive-date=10 January 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170110113436/https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/music/peter-sarstedt-who-sang-the-60s-hit-where-do-you-go-to-my-lovely-dies-at-75/2017/01/09/7904b07a-d67a-11e6-b8b2-cb5164beba6b_story.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[Aga Khan affair]], a 2017 political scandal in Canada involving Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Aga Khan IV.
* [[Aga Khan Museum]], exhibiting Islamic artefacts and fine arts in Toronto, Canada.

==Notes==
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==References==
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