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    • Special coverage of His Highness the Aga Khan’s visit to Canada
    • Reflections on the Code of Conduct during the Didar of the Imam-of-the-Time
    • His Highness the Aga Khan’s Eid and Nawruz message
    • Exclusive: A personal visit to the site of the Ismaili Centre in Paris
    • Latest News (2026): His Highness the Aga Khan commits $100 million to Global Nutrition effort
    • Recognition of the Imam: The Murid’s Journey to Light and Wisdom
    • Aga Khan III and Florence Nightingale: BBC airs episode of a historical meeting
    • Special coverage of the Aga Khan’s visit to the U.K.
    • Canadian and USA tributes to His Highness Prince Rahim Aga Khan on his First Imamat Day anniversary
    • His Highness the Aga Khan’s messages and speeches during his first year of Imamat
    • The Quest and Ecstasy of Didar (Vision)
    • His Highness the Aga Khan’s First Year of Imamat
    • “Call on the Names of Imams”
    • Prince Sinan Aga Khan in pictures
    • The birth anniversary of Hazrat Ali
    • Special coverage of the Aga Khan’s visit to Portugal
    • Special coverage the Aga Khan’s visit to the USA
    • Special coverage of the Aga Khan’s visit to Uganda
    • Special coverage of the Aga Khan’s visit to Kenya
    • Special coverage of the Aga Khan’s historic visit to France
    • His Late Highness Aga Khan IV on Prophet Muhammad
    • The Aga Khan approves a new motif for his inaugural visits to Ismaili Muslims
    • Ghadir Khumm: Ismaili Muslims Continue to be Guided by the Promised Rope of Imamat
    • Prince Irfan Aga Khan: Ten years in pictures
    • His Highness Prince Rahim Aga Khan: A pictorial story
    • Manuscript gifted to His Highness the Aga Khan on his enthronement
    • His Highness Prince Rahim Aga Khan accepts oath of allegiance in a magnificent enthronement ceremony
    • In Gratitude: From Shah Karim to Shah Rahim
    • Prince Rahim Aga Khan is the New Face of Imamat
    • His Highness the Aga Khan, the 49th Hereditary Imam of the Ismaili Muslims, Passes Away
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    • Talika, 64th Imamat Day, July 2021
    • Talika, Navroz, March 2021
    • Talika, 84th Salgirah, December 2020
    • Talika, November 2020
    • Talika, 63rd Imamat Day, July 2020
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Category: History

Ismaili history focused on the lives of the 48th and 49th Imams, Mawlana Sultan Mahomed Shah, His Highness the Aga Khan III, and Mawlana Shah Karim al Hussaini, His Highness the Aga Khan IV.

His Highness Prince Rahim Aga Khan
February 4, 2026February 4, 2026 Malik Merchant, Editor

His Highness the Aga Khan’s messages and speeches during his first year of Imamat

Ismaili Imams
January 8, 2026January 11, 2026 Malik Merchant, Editor

“Call on the Names of Imams”: This remembrance, recommended by their Highnesses Aga Khan IV and V, should encourage us to be passionate about reading the stories of their ancestors, and why?

Rahim Aga Khan signs the Ismaili Constitution under his name, Barakah dedicated to the Aga Khan
January 1, 2026January 1, 2026 Malik Merchant, Editor

January 1, 2026, marks the birth anniversary of Hazrat Ali, the first ancestor of the 50th Hereditary Imam, His Highness the Aga Khan, Shah Rahim al Hussaini

Didar and cherished moments with the Imam of the Time
November 24, 2025November 24, 2025 Malik Merchant, Editor

Didar of the Imam-of-the-Time: Life’s ultimate purpose as Ismailis of Portugal and Spain prepare for the Didar of their 50th Hereditary Imam, His Highness Prince Rahim Aga Khan, between December 1-4, 2025

September 12, 2025November 20, 2025 Malik Merchant, Editor

Special coverage of His Highness the Aga Khan’s visit to Uganda

Aga Khan departs Kenya
August 28, 2025November 20, 2025 Malik Merchant, Editor

Special coverage of His Highness the Aga Khan’s visit to Kenya

Prince Amyn receives France's highest honour
July 17, 2025November 20, 2025 Malik Merchant, Editor

Special coverage of His Highness the Aga Khan’s visit to France

June 27, 2025June 28, 2025 Malik Merchant, Editor

50th Ismaili Imam, His Highness Prince Rahim Aga Khan, gives his first address as Chancellor of the University of Central Asia, a unique mountain university, and pays a tribute to his father for his vision in conceptualising, founding, and implementing the project

Rahim Aga Khan
June 12, 2025June 13, 2025 Malik Merchant, Editor

1393 Years After Ghadir Khumm, Ismaili Muslims Continue to be Guided by the Promised Rope of Imamat: His Highness Prince Rahim Aga Khan is the 50th Imam in this Unique Hereditary Succession

May 10, 2025December 10, 2025 Malik Merchant, Editor

“My Beloved Mother” – Lady Ali Shah through the voice of her son, His Late Highness Aga Khan III

April 26, 2025April 26, 2025 Malik Merchant, Editor

Rare photographs of Mawlana Sultan Mahomed Shah and Mawlana Shah Karim Shah, Aga Khan III and Aga Khan IV, from the collection of Alijah Mohamed Kassam of the UK

Mayor Manilal Devani and His Highness the Aga Khan
April 3, 2025April 5, 2025 Malik Merchant, Editor

Rare Photos, 1959: His Late Highness Aga Khan IV Hosted by Dar es Salaam Mayor Manilal Devani

February 22, 2025February 23, 2025 Malik Merchant, Editor

Film: Light Upon Light – Mawlana Shah Karim His Highness the Aga Khan in his own words – a fascinating, absorbing and inspiring film about the 49th Imam of the Ismaili Muslims – a MUST watch!

Ismaili Imam, the Aga Khan, Mawlana Hazar Imam
November 19, 2024December 10, 2025 Malik Merchant, Editor

The Preamble of the Shia Imami Ismaili Constitution, Ordained by His Highness the Aga Khan

November 2, 2024 Malik Merchant, Editor

Aga Khan III: Glimpses from His Life — Download Free 191-Page Publication

July 10, 2024July 10, 2024 Malik Merchant, Editor

Imamat Day Mubarak: On July 11, 2024, Ismaili Muslims Celebrate the 67th Anniversary of His Highness the Aga Khan as the 49th Hereditary Imam, in Direct Lineal Descent of the Prophet Muhammad and Hazrat Ali

July 8, 2024July 8, 2024 Malik Merchant, Editor

Mazhar or Theophany: A Special Reading as Ismaili Muslims Commemorate the Auspicious 67th Imamat Day of His Highness the Aga Khan, July 11, 2024

June 23, 2024June 25, 2024 Malik Merchant, Editor

1392 Years After Ghadir Khumm, Ismaili Muslims Continue to be Guided by the Promised Rope of Imamat: His Highness the Aga Khan is the 49th Imam in this Unique Hereditary Succession

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