The Aga Khan IV, Wealthy Leader of the Ismaili Muslims, Dies at 88

The Aga Khan IV, Wealthy Leader of the Ismaili Muslims, Dies at 88

At the age of 20, Prince Karim Al-Hussaini inherited the reins of a Shia Muslim lineage and used his entrepreneurship to become one of the world’s richest hereditary rulers.

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