The coronation of His Highness (HH) Prince Karim Al-Hussaini Aga Khan IV in Kampala in 1957 brought to Uganda the installation of the Shia Ismaili Muslims’ Imam for the first time in 14 centuries.
In 1972, when Idi Amin expelled Uganda’s South Asian population, the Aga Khan phoned his friend, the Canadian prime minister Pierre Trudeau, whose government allowed thousands of Ismailis to ...
Just six years after Uganda attained independence in 1962, His Highness the Aga Khan recognised the immense potential of the country’s tourism sector. Through the Aga Khan Development Network ...
He was the founder and president of the Aga Khan Development Network, which employs 96,000 people and finances development programmes, particularly in Asia and Africa. In Uganda, the Aga Khan has ...
Prince Rahim Al-Hussaini was named the 50th hereditary Imam, or spiritual leader, of Ismaili Muslims on Wednesday after the will of his late father Prince Karim Aga Khan IV was unsealed, the Aga Khan ...
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Why Uganda Was ‘Spiritual Home’, Crown of the Aga KhanThe coronation of His Highness Prince Karim Al-Hussaini Aga Khan IV in Kampala, in 1957, brought to Uganda the installation of the Shia Ismaili Muslims’ Imam for the first time in 14 centuries ...
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