The Aga Khan – a life in pictures

The Aga Khan at Le Rosey boarding school, Lake Geneva, Switzerland, in 1953

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During a skiing trip in Kitzbuhel, Austria, in 1957

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Prince Karim al-Hussaini is enthroned as the 49th imam of the Ismaili Muslim sect after the death of his grandfather, the Aga Khan III, in 1957

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On the cover of Life magazine in 1958

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During the Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud in Paris, France, in 1961

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With President John F Kennedy at the White House in Washington in 1961

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Dancing with Princess Grace of Monaco in 1966

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Perching on the prow of his yacht on the Costa Smeralda, Sardinia, 1967

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The Aga Khan weds Sarah Croker Poole in Paris, 1969

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The Aga Khan leads his horse Shergar into the unsaddling enclosure at Epsom in 1981

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At the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe race in Paris in October 2000

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With Mikhail Gorbachev at the Sanssouci Palace in Potsdam, Germany, in 2005

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Prince Charles and the Aga Khan in Skardu, Pakistan, in 2006

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With Angela Merkel in Berlin in 2007

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With California’s then governor, Arnold Schwarzenegger, in Santa Monica in 2008

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The Aga Khan applauds after JK Rowling receives an honorary degree at Harvard University in 2008

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The Aga Khan is presented with a trophy by Queen Elizabeth II after his horse Harzand wins the Derby in 2016

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