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Barakah is dedicated to Mawlana Shah Rahim al Hussaini, His Highness the Aga Khan, members of his family and the Ismaili Imamat – a Hereditary Divine Institution from the Time of the Prophet Muhammad and Imam Ali

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  • Barakah: A Dedication to Mawlana Hazar Imam
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    • The Quest and Ecstasy of Didar (Vision) in the Nizari Ismaili Ginanic tradition as UK Ismailis prepare for a beautiful encounter with His Highness the Aga Khan
    • Special coverage of the Aga Khan’s visit to the U.K.
    • Latest News (2026): Princess Zahra Aga Khan installed as first Pro-Chancellor of AKU
    • “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
    • His Late Highness Aga Khan IV in Pictures: Part 2, 2000 – 2025
    • His Highness the Aga Khan’s speeches, messages and statements
    • Special coverage of the Aga Khan’s visit to Kyrgyzstan
    • Princess Zahra Aga Khan in Pictures: Part II (2021 – 2025)
    • Princess Zahra Aga Khan in Pictures: Part I (1970 to 2020)
    • The Aga Khan, “is running marathons;” he is a “Berlin Legend”
    • Special coverage of the Aga Khan’s visit to Kyrgyzstan
    • Special coverage of the Aga Khan’s visit to Uganda
    • A tribute to Prince Amyn Aga Khan on his 88th birthday
    • His Late Highness Aga Khan IV on Prophet Muhammad
    • Special coverage of the Aga Khan’s visit to Kenya
    • Special coverage of the Aga Khan’s historic visit to France
    • The Aga Khan approves a new motif for his inaugural visits to Ismaili Muslims
    • His Highness Prince Rahim Aga Khan gives his first address as Chancellor of the University of Central Asia
    • Special Coverage of the Aga Khan’s visit to Mozambique
    • Latest news: The Aga Khan’s message to his community in Iran
    • Ghadir Khumm: Ismaili Muslims Continue to be Guided by the Promised Rope of Imamat
    • The Aga Khan congratulates triumphant Ismaili Mountaineer
    • Aga Khan writes to Pakistan Prime Minister for Pakistan-India peace
    • The Aga Khan confers the title of Diwan on Shafik Sachedina
    • Prince Irfan Aga Khan: Ten years in pictures
    • Prince Hussain Aga Khan at 51
    • Prince Aly Muhammad Aga Khan: 26 Years in Pictures
    • Sunday, March 16, 2025: Chehlum, the 40th day of mourning of Mawlana Shah Karim,
    • Aga Khan IV in Pictures: Part 1 – the 20th Century
    • His Highness the Aga Khan IV: Words of inspiration that transformed an idea into a living museum
    • The Life and Legacy of Aga Khan IV
    • His Highness Prince Rahim Aga Khan: A pictorial story
    • “Depth of Field: The Aga Khan Beyond the Lens”
    • Manuscript gifted to His Highness the Aga Khan on his enthronement
    • Worldwide tributes to His Highness the Aga Khan IV
    • His Highness Prince Rahim Aga Khan accepts oath of allegiance in a magnificent enthronement ceremony
    • In Gratitude: From Shah Karim to Shah Rahim
    • King Charles III grants Prince Rahim, the title of “His Highness”
    • His Highness the Aga Khan IV is laid to rest in Aswan
    • A reflection on the funeral ceremony of His Highness the Aga Khan IV
    • Posts in Social Media as Prince Rahim Succeeds His Father as 50th Hereditary Ismaili Imam
    • 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, May 2022 (Tajikistan)
    • 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
    • Talika, Navroz, March 2020
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September 29, 2022September 30, 2022 Malik Merchant, Editor

Exclusive Report and Photos: Prince Rahim Aga Khan and Princess Zahra Represent Mawlana Hazar Imam at Historic Signing of Accord Between the Ismaili Imamat and British Columbia

Prince Charles at Ismaili Centre with Aga Khan
September 25, 2022 Malik Merchant, Editor

The Aga Khans, the Ismaili Imamat and the British Crown

Princess Zahra Aga Khan Birthday Tribute, Barakah., Malik Merchant
September 18, 2022December 10, 2025 Malik Merchant, Editor

In Pictures: Princess Zahra Aga Khan and Her Work for the Ismaili Imamat

September 13, 2022September 13, 2022 Malik Merchant, Editor

Prince Hussain Aga Khan’s Must Watch Presentation “The Seas of My Youth” – An Illustrated Talk by the Prince at The Natural History Museum

September 12, 2022September 12, 2022 Malik Merchant, Editor

September 12, 2022: Prince Amyn Aga Khan, Younger Brother of Mawlana Hazar Imam, Turns 85; Please Watch His Recent Interview

Aga Khan where hope takes root
August 27, 2022August 27, 2022 Malik Merchant, Editor

A Review of the Aga Khan’s “Where Hope Takes Root: Democracy and Pluralism in an Interdependent World”

His Highness the Aga Khan Silver Jubilee Service Set presented at Guildhall City of London July 1983
August 26, 2022August 26, 2022 Malik Merchant, Editor

Photographs of a Special Service Set Presented to Mawlana Hazar Imam During His Silver Jubilee Visit to the UK

Mawlana Hazar Imam, His Highness the Aga Khan, addressing the International Convocation of the Association of American Universities (AAU). Photo: AKDN. Reproduced in Barakah.com
August 25, 2022August 26, 2022 Malik Merchant, Editor

Karim Aga Khan IV: Modern Personification of Historical Islamic Rationalism, Charity and Peace by Michael Hamilton Morgan

August 25, 2022December 10, 2025 Malik Merchant, Editor

The Aga Khan’s View of the World

The Aga Khan pictured during a panel discussion on “Design in the Islamic World and Its Impact Beyond”, held at the National Building Museum on January 26, 2005, following the Vincent Scully Award ceremony that was held the previous evening. Photo: Vivian Rozsa, Washington D,C.
August 25, 2022August 25, 2022 Malik Merchant, Editor

The Aga Khan Stands Out as an Icon of Action

His Highness the Aga Khan receives an Honorary Doctor of Laws degree from Harvard University at commencement ceremonies June 5, 2008, in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Photo: AKDN.
August 5, 2022January 19, 2023 Malik Merchant, Editor

Prince Karim Aga Khan at Harvard: “My College Room Mate Rules 10 Million” by John Fell Stevenson

Aga Khan and Pakistani scholar Brohi, tribute to Aga Khan, Barakah
July 18, 2022July 18, 2022 Malik Merchant, Editor

1972: A Tribute to His Highness the Aga Khan by Pakistan’s Distinguished Man of Letters, A. K. Brohi

Alam or standard presented to the Aga Khan, Imamat Day July 11 2022 Barakah and Simerg
July 16, 2022July 16, 2022 Malik Merchant, Editor

Ismaili Muslims Celebrate 3 Historic Events in a Week; Gift of a Magnificent 17th Century Alam (Standard) to His Highness the Aga Khan Symbolises the Foundational Principles of the Shia Ismaili Muslim Faith

July 12, 2022July 15, 2022 Malik Merchant, Editor

World Leaders Send Congratulatory Messages to His Highness the Aga Khan on the Auspicious Occasion of His 65th Imamat Day

July 11, 2022July 13, 2022 Malik Merchant, Editor

Imamat Day Mubarak Artwork with a Qur’anic Phrase Beautifully Rendered in Fatimid Kufi and Thuluth Scripts

July 11, 2022July 11, 2022 Malik Merchant, Editor

His Highness the Aga Khan: The 49th Ismaili Imam’s Historic Installation Ceremonies from an Extremely Rare East African Ismaili Souvenir

June 15, 2022June 17, 2022 Malik Merchant, Editor

Reflections on Mawlana Hazar Imam’s Pictorial Biography, “Depth of Field – The Aga Khan Beyond the Lens,” by Nizar Motani

June 2, 2022June 9, 2022 Malik Merchant, Editor

July 13, 1957: From Disappointment to Joy, as Dolly Jamani Has a Memorable Photograph with Mawlana Hazar Imam on a Historic Day in Geneva

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