Aga Khan IV, the 49th hereditary imam of the Nizari Isma’ilism sect of Shia Islam, has died in Lisbon, Portugal.
The billionaire religious leader, whose birth name was Mawlana Shah Karim al Hussaini, died surrounded by his family, the Ismaili community announced Tuesday.
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