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  • Barakah: A Dedication to Mawlana Hazar Imam
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    • Special coverage of His Highness the Aga Khan’s visit to India
    • Celebrating Prince Amyn Aga Khan’s legacy of service and dedication to the Ismaili Imamat on his 89th birthday
    • Updated September 9: Pre-arrival coverage of His Highness the Aga Khan’s visit to India from September 9 to 15, 2026
    • Latest News: Prince Amyn Aga Khan in Edinburgh for Aga Khan Music Concerts,
    • To the Jamat of India: Commit to reciting the Salawat daily
    • Blessings Raining from Heaven
    • Coverage of His Highness the Aga Khan’s visit to Western Canada
    • Pre-arrival coverage of His Highness the Aga Khan’s visit to Western Canada
    • For Young Readers: A brief explanation of the Light of Imamat,
    • Didar Stories His Highness the Aga Khan, in Chitral and Hunza
    • On Mawlana Shah Karim: The Aga Khan’s spirit for a better world is “amongst the purest expressions of human fraternity”
    • Latest News: Prince Amyn Aga Khan in Edinburgh for Aga Khan Music Concerts, His Highness the Aga Khan has begun his visit to India; Prince Aly Muhammad Aga appointed to Aga Khan Museum Board of Directors; and more
    • Special Coverage of His Highness the Aga Khan’s visit to Germany
    • Photo Memories: The foundation stone of the first Aga Khan School in Kampala, laid by Prince Aly Khan in 1951, and the contribution of (Vazir) Pyarali Bandali Jaffer
    • Pre-arrival coverage of His Highness the Aga Khan’s visit to Western Canada
    • Pre-arrival coverage of His Highness the Aga Khan’s visit to Germany
    • Special Coverage of His Highness the Aga Khan’s visit to Pakistan
    • Pre-arrival coverage of His Highness the Aga Khan’s visit to Pakistan
    • Post Didar Reflection: Sustaining Awareness, the Spiritual Presence, and the Connection of the Holy Encounter with Mawlana Hazar Imam
    • His Highness the Aga Khan completes the 2026 London Marathon
    • News: Princess Zahra Aga Khan urges everyone in service to strive for the best
    • Prince Aly Muhammad Aga Khan lays the foundation stone for Aga Hall Jamatkhana
    • His Highness the Aga Khan’s visit to Eastern Canada: Anchor links to coverage on the Ismaili and Barakah
    • The Meaning of Irfan
    • Celebrating Prince Hussain Aga Khan: 52 Years of Inspiration
    • The Aga Khan in an Age Against Neutrality
    • 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
    • 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
    • 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, January 2022 (Tajikistan Jamat)
    • Talika, 85th Salgirah, December 2021
    • Talika, 64th Imamat Day, July 2021
    • Talika, Navroz, March 2021
    • Talika, 84th Salgirah, December 2020
    • Talika, November 2020
    • Talika, 63rd Imamat Day, July 2020
    • Talika, Eid ul-Fitr, May 2020
    • Talika, Covid-19, April 2020
    • Talika, March 2020
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Category: News

January 21, 2019February 18, 2019 Malik Merchant, Editor

His Highness the Aga Khan, Mawlana Hazar Imam, impressed scientists during his visit to Los Alamos Lab in 1959

August 22, 2018August 23, 2018 Malik Merchant, Editor

India’s Aga Khan Council President shares 3 personal stories and lessons he learned from gracious moments with Mawlana Hazar Imam during Diamond Jubilee visit

August 8, 2018August 8, 2018 Malik Merchant, Editor

Portugal President’s surprise Darbar visit in Lisbon: A highpoint during Mawlana Hazar Imam’s Diamond Jubilee; includes video clip

portugal president and aga khan
July 31, 2018July 31, 2018 Malik Merchant, Editor

50+ magnificent photos of His Highness the Aga Khan with the President of Portugal at Belem Palace, National Palace of Queluz, and Palacete Henrique de Mendonça

July 25, 2018December 10, 2025 Malik Merchant, Editor

Exclusive: The conclusion of a stirring account of Mawlana Hazar Imam’s Darbar in Lisbon on July 11, 2018 – the “highest point” of his Diamond Jubilee

July 7, 2018July 23, 2018 Malik Merchant, Editor

Thousands of Ismailis gather at Lisbon park to welcome Mawlana Hazar Imam, His Highness the Aga Khan, for highest point of his Diamond Jubilee

July 5, 2018July 23, 2018 Malik Merchant, Editor

The Aga Khan in Portugal: Important notes with frequent updates

Mawlana Hazar Imam, His Highness the Aga Khan, pictured at the Diamond Jubilee Darbar in Paris, France. Photograph: The Ismaili.
June 26, 2018July 23, 2018 Malik Merchant, Editor

The Aga Khan in UK and France: A thorough and comprehensive coverage of his Diamond Jubilee visit

June 20, 2018June 22, 2018 Malik Merchant, Editor

As the Aga Khan’s Diamond Jubilee Year draws to a close, you should try and visit the exhibition dedicated to his ancestors, the Fatimids, before it ends on July 2, 2018

May 6, 2018May 8, 2018 Malik Merchant, Editor

Registration link for Mawlana Hazar Imam’s Diamond Jubilee Darbar in Lisbon and welcome message from the Portugal Aga Khan Council President

April 27, 2018October 26, 2022 Malik Merchant, Editor

The Aga Khan in Ottawa and Western Canada: A thorough and comprehensive coverage of his Diamond Jubilee visit

April 25, 2018April 28, 2018 Malik Merchant, Editor

Forgiveness, Imamat and path to enlightenment of the soul: Important notes for Jamats in Western Canada as they prepare for Hazar Imam’s holy visit

April 11, 2018June 16, 2026 Malik Merchant, Editor

The Aga Khan in Kenya: A thorough and comprehensive coverage of his Diamond Jubilee visit

March 25, 2018December 10, 2025 Malik Merchant, Editor

To Ismailis of Portugal: We are now preparing to be with you in Lisbon to celebrate the “highest point” of the Diamond Jubilee Celebrations of Mawlana Hazar Imam, His Highness the Aga Khan

March 21, 2018March 30, 2018 Malik Merchant, Editor

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau visits Ismaili Centre and awes Ismaili children on the festive occasion of Navroz

March 15, 2018March 26, 2018 Malik Merchant, Editor

The beautiful Aga Khan Museum in Toronto brings the Fatimids, a remarkable Islamic dynasty, to its doors; must visit exhibition on until July 2, 2018

Aga Khan IV arrives in Houston for his Diamond Jubilee
March 14, 2018April 30, 2018 Malik Merchant, Editor

The Aga Khan in the USA: A thorough and comprehensive coverage of his Diamond Jubilee visit

Mawlana Hazar Imam addresses the Jamat during the Darbar at Garamchashma, Lower Chitral. Photo: The Ismaili.
March 10, 2018March 26, 2018 Malik Merchant, Editor

An important message to the USA Jamat: Family members and friends must “forget and forgive” past grudges and mistakes as they prepare for Hazar Imam’s Didar

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