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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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    • Special coverage of His Highness the Aga Khan’s visit to Pakistan: Pre-arrival announcements and events
    • 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
    • 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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Tag: History

His Highness Prince Rahim Aga Khan
October 10, 2025December 10, 2025 Malik Merchant, Editor

Story of Mawlana Hazar Imam Shah Rahim al Hussaini, His Highness the Aga Khan: His speeches, messages and statements

AKAA Stamp cancellation
September 25, 2025December 10, 2025 Malik Merchant, Editor

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

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

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

September 12, 2025September 12, 2025 Malik Merchant, Editor

A tribute to Prince Amyn Aga Khan, uncle of the 50th Hereditary Ismaili Imam, His Highness the Aga Khan V, and brother to Mawlana Shah Karim, His Late Highness Aga Khan IV, as he turns 88, September 12, 2025

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

Prince Aly Khan UN General Assembly
May 12, 2025May 13, 2025 Malik Merchant, Editor

Prince Aly Khan, grandfather of His Highness the Aga Khan, on self-effacement, welfare of the Ismailis, and principles of Islam

Aga Khan with Diwan Shafik
May 5, 2025May 19, 2025 Malik Merchant, Editor

Mawlana Hazar Imam, His Highness the Aga Khan, confers the title of Diwan on Ismaili leader Shafik Sachedina and conveys blessings to Ismaili volunteers worldwide for their services

April 10, 2025December 10, 2025 Malik Merchant, Editor

Prince Irfan Aga Khan: Ten years in pictures

Aga Khan speech at AKU inauguration 1985
March 19, 2025December 18, 2025 Malik Merchant, Editor

His Late Highness Aga Khan IV in Pictures: Part 1 – 1936 to 1999

Ismaili Imam, the Aga Khan, Mawlana Hazar Imam
March 3, 2025November 2, 2025 Malik Merchant, Editor

The Life and Legacy of Aga Khan IV, 49th Hereditary Imam of the Ismaili Muslims

Rahim Aga Khan signs the Ismaili Constitution under his name, Barakah dedicated to the Aga Khan
February 12, 2025December 10, 2025 Malik Merchant, Editor

His Highness Prince Rahim Aga Khan accepts oath of allegiance from the global Ismaili community as the Mantle of Imamat is passed to him by his father, Prince Karim, in a magnificent and moving ceremony in Lisbon

February 10, 2025February 10, 2025 Malik Merchant, Editor

His Majesty, King Charles III, grants the 50th Ismaili Imam, Prince Rahim, the title of “His Highness”

The photograph shows former Prime Minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau’s family, friends, colleagues, and official guests in attendance to observe his passing. His son, Justin, now the Prime Minister of Canada, rests his head on the casket of his father. Margaret Trudeau, in the front pew with son, Alexandre, is flanked by the beloved prime minister’s later life partner, Deborah Coyne, and their daughter, Sarah. The former prime minister’s sister, Suzette Rouleau, is on the far side of the same first row. Leonard Cohen on the right. In attendance next to Cuban President Fidel Castro are former Governor-General Romeo Leblanc, His Highness Prince Karim Aga Khan and former U.S. President Jimmy Carter. Other notables present at the ceremony not shown in this photograph include past Canadian Prime Ministers John Turner, Joseph Clark, Brian Mulroney, and Jean Chrétien. Photo: Copyright Jean-Marc Carisse.
December 29, 2024December 29, 2024 Malik Merchant, Editor

President Jimmy Carter Dies at 100: He Attended the Aga Khan Award for Architecture Ceremony in Spain in 1998 and, with the Aga Khan, was Honorary Pallbearer at the Funeral of Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau

December 27, 2024December 28, 2024 Malik Merchant, Editor

His Highness the Aga Khan and Indian Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh: A Warm Relationship Forged on a Deep Shared Vision of Public-Private Partnership and the Importance of Culture and Heritage

November 2, 2024 Malik Merchant, Editor

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

October 31, 2024November 1, 2024 Malik Merchant, Editor

His Highness the Aga Khan III, the 48th Hereditary Imam of the Shia Ismaili Muslims

Prince Rahim Aga Khan 50th birthday tribute Barakah
October 11, 2024February 11, 2025 Malik Merchant, Editor

Prince Rahim Aga Khan: 53 Years in Pictures – Part 1, the First 50 Years (1971-2021)

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