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Thank you for reading this post, don't forget to subscribe!The global leader of the 15 million Ismailis known formally as the 49th hereditary imam title made his name synonymous with horse racing lifestyle after acquiring the celebrated racehorse Shergar.
The international jet setter maintained British, French, Swiss, and Portuguese citizenship and invested numerous millions through programs that supported people in third world nations.
He explained to the New York Times through a rare interview in 2007 that people living in developing nations witness poverty as the primary cause of tragic despair while despair creates the opportunity for people to try any means of escape.
According to him the newspaper reported that helping poor people through business operations builds safety against extremism.
Condolences pour in a strong wave of sympathy arrived when he died. The death of Aga Khan made UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres post to X that the news had struck him with deep sorrow.
The UN chief expressed his sympathies to the Aga Khan family and Ismaili community through social media by describing His Highness as a universal symbol for peace tolerance and compassion in troubled times.
Life of the Aga Khan IV
Prince Shah Karim Al-Husseini was born in Geneva on Dec 13, 1936 then resided his early years in Nairobi Kenya.
Aga Khan spent his schooling between Switzerland and Harvard University where he studied Islamic history in the United States.
The passing of his grandfather Sir Sultan Mahomed Shah Aga Khan in 1957 made him the spiritual leader of the Ismailis at the age of 20.
The title of Aga Khan was originally bestowed upon Karim’s great-great-grandfather when he wed the emperor of Persia’s daughter during the 1830s. This Turkish-Persian title means commanding chief and the fourth in Aga Khan’s family held this designation.
As the leader of Ismaili Islam the imam delivered guidance by divine authority to his followers who resided throughout Central Asia plus the Middle East, South Asia and sub-Saharan Africa and spread throughout Europe and North America.
When his father passed away in May 1960 the Aga Khan considered whether he should maintain the family legacy of thoroughbred racing and breeding.
His victory in the French owners’ championship during his initial season at horse racing made him completely addicted to the sport.
During his 2013 chat with Vanity Fair he expressed his esteem for this love. He describes the experience as thrilling because it remains a challenging pursuit. Sitting down for breeding is equivalent to a natural chess match.
His emerald-green silk-clad stables accomplished remarkable wins at horse races with Sea the Stars securing both Epsom Derby and 2,000 Guineas victories while Sinndar earned triumphs within the Epsom Derby along with Irish Derby and Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe in year 2000.
The undisputed pinnacle of the Aga Khan’s horse collection was Shergar because he emerged victorious in the Epsom Derby as well as the Irish Derby and the King George competition before terrorists abducted him in February 1983 from the Ballymany stud farm of Ireland.
All parties including the mafia and the former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi together with the IRA received ransom demands for Shergar which disappeared without a trace. Shergar vanished without any payment being made by the owners and without being recovered in any way.
The Aga Khan established the Aga Khan Development Network during 1967. The 80,000-member organization of international development agencies supports construction of hospitals and schools while bringing power generation services to African and Asian regions experiencing extreme poverty.
He operated development initiatives alongside operating business deals including pharmaceutical manufacturing as well as bank management and fishnet production in Uganda.
Vanity Fair noted in its 2013 article that “few persons link such diverse aspects together with such elegance as he does” between East and West and Muslim and Christian beliefs as well as material and spiritual realms.
He loves two times in his life to British model Sarah Croker Poole who gave him their daughter and two sons during their marriage which started in 1969. The couple divorced in 1995.
Mohammed established his second marriage in 1998 with German-native Gabriele zu Leiningen and they started their family with one son. The couple divorced in 2014.
