Aga Khan, the spiritual leader of the Ismaili Muslims in the world, dies in 88

Khan, who became the spiritual leader of millions in the world of Ismaili Muslims at the age of twenty as a university student at Harvard University, and poured a material empire based on billions of dollars in the tumor in building homes, hospitals and schools in developing countries. It was 88.

The Aga Khan Foundation and the Ismaili Religious Society announced On their web sites His Highness Prince Karim Al -Husseini, Agha Khan IV and the genetic imam of the Shiite Ismaili Muslims, died on Tuesday in Portugal surrounded by his family.

They said that a announcement of his successor would come later.

His followers are considered his direct descendants from the Prophet Muhammad, and his prince was Prince Karima Agha Khan IV asking when his grandfather passed away to his father Pay Boy as a successor to lead the diaspora of the Ismaili Shiite Muslims, saying that his followers should lead them by a young man “grew up in the middle of the new era.”

For decades, Agha Khan has evolved to a Business pole And Mohsen, moves between spiritual and worldly and mixing them easily.

The Queen of Aga Khan, who, as head of state, dealt with the title of “His Highness” by Queen Elizabeth in July 1957, two weeks after his grandfather Ag Khan III made him a 1300 -year -old family’s heir as a Salafi, the community.

Agha Khan fourth became on October 19, 1957, in Dar Al Salam, Tanzania, immediately where his grandfather had previously been equal to diamonds in gifts from his followers.

He had left Harvard to be next to his sick grandfather, and returned to school after 18 months with a footnote and a deep sense of responsibility.

“I do not think anyone in my position would be preparing,” he said in an interview with Vanity Fair magazine.

He was a defender of Islamic culture and values, and it was widely considered to be the creator of bridges between Islamic societies and the West despite – or perhaps because of – his reservation to participate in politics.

the Aga Khan Development NetworkHis main charitable organization, mainly dealt with health care, housing, education and rural economic development issues.

A network of hospitals bearing his name is scattered in countries where health care lacks the poorest, including Bangladesh, Tajikistan and Afghanistan, where tens of millions of dollars spent to develop local economies.

His eye for construction and design pushed him to create an architecture award and Islamic architecture programs at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard. Recovered ancient Islamic structures around the world.

Accounts differ regarding the history and place of Prince Karim Agha Khan. According to “Who is in France”, he was born on December 13, 1936, in Cryx de Jinthod, near Geneva, Switzerland, son of Joan Yardi Buller and Lie Khan.

It is difficult to measure the extent of Aga Khan’s financial empire. Some reports were estimated that his personal wealth is in billions.

The Isles- a sect originally centered on India but expanded into large societies in East Africa, Central and South Asia and the Middle East- considers it from the duty of up to 10 % of its income as a level.

“We have no idea about the accumulation of wealth as evil,” Vanity Fair said in 2012. “Islamic ethics is that if God gives you the ability or good luck to be a distinguished individual in society, then you bear moral responsibility towards society.”

He survived three sons and daughter.