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    • Rare Video: Mawlana Hazar Imam, His Highness the Aga Khan, Visits a Pamiri House in Gorno-Badakhshan in 1995
    • Prince Rahim Aga Khan Announces AKDN’s Exciting Partnership with Prince William to Launch Earthshot Prize to Keep our Planet Habitable, and Ensure a Future for Life on Earth
    • A Beautiful Double Wedding in the Family of the 46th Imam Mawlana Shah Hasan Ali Shah, His Highness the Aga Khan I, as Reported in April 1874 in a Historic American Newspaper
    • Aggregation of News Stories and Photos of Mawlana Hazar Imam’s Family from the First Quarter of 2020: Princess Zahra Aga Khan in the UK; Prince Rahim and Princess Salwa in Kenya and Tanzania; and Flashback to Mombasa Visit Photos from 2014
    • Prince Hussain Aga Khan at the Hay Festival; Also Purchase Signed Copies of the Prince’s Diving Into Wildlife and Exclusive Scarves Made for His Organization – Available in Toronto
    • Unique Moments in the Imamat of Mawlana Shah Karim al Hussaini Hazar Imam, His Highness the Aga Khan: A Special New Series by Barakah
    • Mawlana Hazar Imam, His Highness the Aga Khan, Weaves the Beautiful and the Practical, the Spiritual and the Material to Better the Quality of Life for Human Beings
    • Blessings of Our Forefathers: The 1966 Visit of Mawlana Hazar Imam, His Highness the Aga Khan, to Iringa, Tanzania
    • Photos of Mawlana Hazar Imam and Members of His Family from the Collection of Alijah Zulfikarali Khoja: South Africa, Aswan and East Africa
    • Photos of Mawlana Hazar Imam’s 1972 Visit to Jinja, Uganda, Preceding the Expulsion of Asians, and Two Earlier Visits Made in 1957 and 1966
    • Behold, the Light of Ali
    • Ghadir-Khumm, the Imamat, Mawlana Hazar Imam, and 2 Recitations of Pir Sadardin’s ‘Feel Happy’ Ginan Anand Anand!
    • World Exclusive: Photos of Mawlana Hazar Imam’s 1957 Visit to Kigoma, Tanganyika, from Late Alijah Abdulrheman Lalji Popatia Collection
    • The Hereditary Divine Institution of Imamat has spanned 1388 years since the Prophet Muhammad (S.A.S.) passed away in 632 C.E.
    • Mawlana Hazar Imam, His Highness the Aga Khan, sends Talika Mubarak to Ismailis around the world on the occasion of his 63rd Imamat Day
    • Mawlana Hazar Imam and his family members on partnership between races as a condition of peace and prosperity
    • The unforgettable Eid ul-Fitr of September 1944: A heart warming story as told by Mawlana Hazar Imam and Prince Amyn Muhammad
    • The historic visit of Mawlana Sultan Mahomed Shah, His Highness the Aga Khan, to Iran in 1951: Glimpses from a very rare Ismaili souvenir
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Category: 1936-1957

This segment 1936-1957 will briefly cover (1) his childhood in Kenya, (2) schooling in Europe; and (3) and his under-graduate studies at USA’s Harvard University until he was called by the will of his grandfather to become the 49th hereditary Imam of the Shia Imami Ismaili Muslims.

June 4, 2020 Malik Merchant, Editor

A memorable 1951 photo of Prince Aly Khan taken in Mombasa, Kenya

Aga Khan Leading Eid ul Fir prayers at age 7 in Nairobi Simerg and Barakah
May 23, 2020May 23, 2020 Malik Merchant, Editor

The unforgettable Eid ul-Fitr of September 1944: A heart warming story as told by Mawlana Hazar Imam and Prince Amyn Muhammad

Long Live Aga Khan Banner at his Platinum Jubilee Celebrations in Karachi, Barakah
May 18, 2020May 20, 2020 Malik Merchant, Editor

Nine devotional Swahili songs from 1952 honouring Imam e Zaman Mawlana Sultan Mahomed Shah, His Highness the Aga Khan

November 28, 2019December 1, 2019 Malik Merchant, Editor

Very rare photos of Prince Aly Khan’s 1951 visit to Arusha, Tanganyika

November 1, 2018February 18, 2019 Malik Merchant, Editor

“Mawla fulfilled my wish” – a six year old girl’s loving story from the Diamond Jubilee of His Highness the Aga Khan III

October 26, 2017 Malik Merchant, Editor

Reminiscences of the 1946 Diamond Jubilee of the 48th Ismaili Imam His Highness the Aga Khan III by Ismaili women of the time

May 6, 2017July 7, 2020 Malik Merchant, Editor

The Aga Khan’s Diamond Jubilee: Glimpses from “an incomparable occasion”

March 29, 2017May 23, 2020 Malik Merchant, Editor

The Aga Khan: Sweet and endearing stories of his childhood days in Kenya

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