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Champion of Islamic architecture the Aga Khan dies aged 88
Prince Karim al-Hussaini, the Aga Khan IV, became the 49th hereditary imam of the Shia Ismaili Muslims, a branch of Shia Islam with its own distinct theology and cultural traditions, in 1957. At the time he was a 20-year-old Harvard graduate. The Aga Khan …