Prince Karim Husseini, the spiritual leader of the Ismaili community and famous for his development work around the world, has died in Lisbon at the age of 88, at the age of 88. Aga Khan Development Network on X.
The network said its nominee would be announced after that.
The 49th hereditary imam or spiritual leader of the world’s 15 million Ismailis, his name, also became synonymous with the owner of the race horse, in which his most famous Shergar was his famous lion.
International Jet Setter – who had British, French, Swiss and Portuguese citizenship – put millions of people to help people in the poorest parts of the world.
“If you travel to a developing world, you see that poverty is a driver of frustration, and there is a possibility that any source will be taken,” he said. New York Times In a rare interview in 2007.
By helping the poor through business, he told the newspaper, “We are creating protection against extremism”.
Put in condolences
Immediately after the death of Aga Khan, he suffered condolences, world leaders remembered their humanitarian efforts.
Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif said that he joined the Ismaili community to mourn the “tremendous loss of Prince Karim Agha Khan’s death”.
“The man of vision, faith and generosity, his sustainable heritage will continue to affect generations. His contribution crossed the borders, which led to hope and development in the needy communities. said on x.
Calling this a notable leader, the Prime Minister noted: “Through his tireless efforts in poverty alleviation, health care and gender equality, he fought the cause of the backward people, which has led to countless lives. But there was an unmistakable mark. “
Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi also expressed his grief over the death of the “spiritual leader of the Ismaili community”.
Ministry of Ministry Described On X, Naqvi highlighted “significant contributions to education and health in Pakistan” and said, “The world has lost a sympathetic personality.”
Deputy Prime Minister Ishaq Dar also expressed his condolences and said that he was “deeply saddened” by the news.
They Is written On the X, “his humanitarianism and the unprecedented dedication to the betterment of communities around the world have left an unprecedented mark on the world. The example partnership can never be forgotten.
“Pakistan mourned its loss and liked its impressive legacy. My heartfelt condolences to his family and the World Ismaili community.
UN Secretary -General Antonio Guterres posted on x That he was saddened by the news.
The UN Chief wrote, “It was a symbol of peace, tolerance and sympathy in our disturbing world,” said the family of Agha Khan and condoled with the Ismaili community.
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau highlighted that Aga Khan “dedicated his life to peace and prosperity for everyone”.
He worked in the continents and cultures to solve poverty, education and gender inequality: the world’s largest human challenges. He was an extraordinary man of vision, faith and generosity, and I know that his inheritance will live in many lives that he touched. Is written.
Nobel Laureate Malala Yusufzai Prince Karim Al -Husseini’s “inheritance will survive worldwide through these incredible work for education, health and development”.
Various Canadian leaders also expressed their grief, including former PM Stephen HarperFormer Foreign Minister Life barredAnd the New Democrat party leader Jagmith Singh.
President of Kenya William Samoi Roto Aga Khan was “remembered as an extraordinary leader who had gone beyond that it seems impossible to help the weak”.
Fourth of the life of fire Khan
Prince Shah Karim al -Husseini was born on December 13, 1936 in Geneva and spent his early childhood in Nairobi, Kenya.
He later returned to Switzerland, studying at a special Lee Rosie School before going to the United States to study Islamic history in Harvard.
When his grandfather Sir Sultan Mohammed Shah Agha Khan passed away in 1957, he became the Imam of the Ismailis at the age of 20.
As derived from the commanding chief derived from Aga Khan-Turki and Persian words-he was the fourth holder of the title that was actually given to the great grandfather of the Persian Emperor in the 1830s when the latter was the daughter of the emperor. Was married
The role includes providing divine guidance to the Ismaili community, whose members live in Central Asia, the Middle East, South Asia, all in Sahara Africa, Europe and North America.
After the death of his father in May 1960, Aga Khan initially considered whether to continue the long tradition of racing and breeding of his family.
But in his first season, he was bowed after winning the French owners’ championship.
“I have come to love him,” he said in an interview with 2013. ” Vanity festival. “This is a very interesting, a permanent challenge. Every time you sit down and give up, you are playing chess games with nature.
His stables and riders wearing their emerald green silk lori, enjoyed great achievements with horses like marine stars, which won Epsom Derby and 2,000 guinea. And Sunder, who also won the Epsom Derby, Irish Derby and Perks DL Arc D Trump in the same year, 2000.
But perhaps his most famous horse was Shergar, who won Apsum Derby, Irish Derby and King George before being kidnapped in February 1983 from Ireland’s Bali Mency Stud Form.
Demand for ransom, with the Mafia, former Libyan leader Mamar Gaddafi and IRA were all suspected. No money was paid, and no horse was found.
Aga Khan established the Aga Khan Development Network in 1967. A group of international development agencies have provided 80,000 people to help build schools and hospitals and provide electricity to millions of people in the poorest parts of Africa and Asia.
It mixed its development works in a private business, for example a pharmaceutical company in Uganda, a bank and a fish net factory.
“Many people are divided between spiritual and material. East and West; Muslims and Christians – as beautiful as it does,” Vanity festival It is written in 2013 Article.
She was married twice in 1969 to former British model Sarah Crook Pool, with her daughter and two sons. The couple divorced in 1995.
In 1998, he married German -born Gabriel Zoo Lenjen, with whom his son was. The couple divorced in 2014.
