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Aga Khan III

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noun

  1. 1877–1957, leader of the Ismaʿili sect of Muslims in India 1885–1957.


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He was known as Aly Khan and was the son of Sultan Mahommed Shah, Aga Khan III and leader of the Nizari Ismaili sect of Shia Islam.

From Washington Times • Apr. 4, 2018

His Highness Sir Sultan Mahomed Shah, the Aga Khan III and spiritual leader of some 20 million Ismaili Moslems throughout the East, the Middle East and Africa, died at 79.

From Time Magazine Archive

Before the end of his junior year, he had taken a leave of absence to attend the stricken Aga Khan III, then assumed the throne when his grandfather died in July 1957.

From Time Magazine Archive

Through the crowd to Blenheim's bridle elbowed a stout, swarthy man in morning clothes, top hat and thick glasses�the Aga Khan III, spiritual head of 12,000,000 Shiite Mohammedans.

From Time Magazine Archive

As everyone knows, the Aga Khan III claims descent from Mohammed and the earliest Persian monarchs.

From Time Magazine Archive

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