Billionaire and spiritual leader the Aga Khan dies at 88

The improvement billionaire and spiritual leader Aga Khan announced at the age of 88, according to the Aga Khan Development Network.

Prince Karim Agha Khan, the forty -ninth hereditary imam of the Ismaili Muslims, who followed his lineage directly to the Prophet Muhammad.

His organization said in a statement on social media: “He died safely” in Lisbon, Portugal, and surrounded by his family.

He was born in Switzerland, had a British nationality and lived in Shato, France.

King Charles III was briefed on the death of Al -Mohsen, who was a friend of both himself and his late mother Elizabeth II.

It is understood that the king is very sad to lose a personal friend for many years and communicates with the family separately.

Aga Khan’s charitable societies have managed hundreds of hospitals and educational and cultural projects, to a large extent in the developing world.

He had a luxurious lifestyle, with a private island in the Bahamas, and a supercar and a private plane.

The AGA Khan Development Network said it offered “its condolences to the family of His Highness and Asmaili all over the world.”

“We continue to work with our partners to improve the quality of life for individuals and societies around the world, as he wanted, regardless of their religious affiliations or their origins,” he added.

The Ismaili population, a Muslim sect, is about 15 million people, including 500,000 in Pakistan. There are also a large number of population in India, Afghanistan and Africa.

Prince Karim Agha Khan was his grandfather as an imam of the Ismaili Muslims in 1957 at the age of 20.

Prince had an estimated wealth of one billion dollars (801 million pounds) in 2008, According to Forbes magazine. His wealth has been reinforced by many commercial interests, including horse breeding.

He became a leading owner and educator for racing horses in the United Kingdom, France, Ireland, and Shergar, which was once more famous and the most famous of the race in the world.

The founder of the Emir of the Aga Khan Charitable Foundation and gave his name to bodies including a university in Karachi, the Aga Khan Islamic Engineering Program at Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Aga Khan Trust Culture was the key to the Humayun tomb site in Delhi. There is an annual Aga Khan Award for Architecture.

He founded the National Media Group collection, which became the largest independent media organization in East and Central Africa.

Sherjar won Derby in Epsom in 1981 by 10 lengths in the Silk of the Emerald Green race in Aga Khan with red ingredients but was kidnapped in Ireland two years later and not found.

Despite the loss of his beloved horse, BBC was told in 2011 – on the thirtieth anniversary of the largest victory of Sherjar – that he did not think about getting rid of the Irish education process.

He said: “From the victory of Sherjar:” It is a memory that can never disappear.

“I have seen this movie that I do not know, dozens or hundreds of times. I am still trying to analyze where this wonderful performance came. Every time I see the movie, I feel I learned something.

“If you are in the race, I Ibsum Derby is one of the great. It was always, so winning a race of this quality in itself represents an unusual concession. Winning it in the way he won more than that.

“I saw enough races to be able to determine what the knight was feeling, and how the horse was walking at that time, and when he came around the corner of Tattenham, I could not believe my eyes, frankly.

“His victory until this stage of time was unique. There are two things that I found amazing – one of which was the ease with which this horse moved and the second was the fact that during the end, he kept disappearing away, disappearing away. It was really cool.”

Aga Khan continued to win the big race four times with Sharasani (1986), Kahyasia (1986), Cindar (2000) and Harzand (2016).

Other prominent successes included the 2008 Prix de L’RC de Triomphe race with shiny Zarka.