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Aga Khan V

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Aga Khan V

Shah Rahim al-Hussaini (born 12 October 1971), known simply as Aga Khan V, is the 50th Imam of the Nizari Isma'ili Shia Islam since 2025. He is a philanthropist and businessman, who inherited the Nizari imamate and the title of Aga Khan upon the death of his father, Shah Karim al-Hussaini (Aga Khan IV). He is the second of four children of Shah Karim al-Husseini, who went by the title Aga Khan IV, and succeeded as the Nizari Imam following his father's death on 4 February 2025. He is the fifth person in the family to hold the title Aga Khan. Upon assuming the Imamate, he inherited his father's estate, which had been valued at over US$13 billion by Vanity Fair in 2013.

Infobox

Citizenship
France Portugal Switzerland United Kingdom
Tenure
4 February 2025 – present
Installation
11 February 2025
Predecessor
Aga Khan IV
Born
Rahim al-Hussaini (1971-10-12) 12 October 1971 Geneva, Switzerland
Spouse
Kendra Irene Spears (m. 2013; div. 2022)
Issue
Irfan Aga Khan Sinan Aga Khan
House
Fatimid
Father
Aga Khan IV
Mother
Salimah Aga Khan
Religion
Nizari Ismailism
Occupation
Spiritual leader Philanthropist

References

  1. Arabic: شاه رحيم الحسيني, romanized: Shāh Rahīm al-Ḥusaynī
  2. Persian: آقاخان پنجم, romanized: Āqā Khān Panjum
  3. Aga Khan Development Network
    https://the.akdn/en/resources-media/resources/speeches/address-both-houses-parliament-canada-house-commons-chamber-his-highness-the-aga-khan
  4. the
    https://the.ismaili/pk/en/news/50th-imam-declared-mawlana-hazar-imam-shah-rahim-al-hussaini-aga-khan
  5. Vanity Fair
    https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2013/02/aga-khan-spiritual-leader-multi-billionaire
  6. DAWN
    https://www.dawn.com/news/1584058
  7. The Guardian
    https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/feb/05/rahim-al-hussaini-named-as-50th-aga-khan-after-death-of-father
  8. Reuters
    https://www.reuters.com/world/rahim-al-hussaini-named-ismaili-muslims-new-spiritual-leader-after-fathers-death-2025-02-05/
  9. The Educationist Hub
    https://www.theeducationisthub.com/aga-khan-iv/
  10. PÚBLICO
    https://www.publico.pt/2025/02/05/sociedade/noticia/rahim-aga-khan-novo-lider-comunidade-ismailita-2121466
  11. AP News
    https://apnews.com/article/aga-khan-rahim-alhussaini-8efb5353df62fd6f452ca2935507483c
  12. SWI swissinfo
    https://www.swissinfo.ch/spa/el-pr%C3%ADncipe-rahim-aga-khan-v-nombrado-el-50%C2%BA-l%C3%ADder-espiritual-de-los-ismaelitas/88832361
  13. TOLOnews
    https://tolonews.com/arts-culture-166907
  14. UW News
    https://www.washington.edu/news/2019/03/04/university-of-washington-and-aga-khan-university-sign-agreement-to-further-population-health-research-service-and-education/
  15. Watson Institute
    https://cmes.watson.brown.edu/research-areas/islam-and-humanities
  16. www
    https://www.iis.ac.uk/news/2025/february/prince-rahim-aga-khan-v-named-50th-hereditary-imam-of-the-shia-ismaili-muslims/
  17. "The wedding of Prince Rahim and Miss Kendra Salwa Spears"
    http://www.theismaili.org/cms/1456/The-wedding-of-Prince-Rahim-and-Miss-Kendra-Salwa-Spears
  18. "The Ismaili"
    https://web.archive.org/web/20150417003652/http://www.theismaili.org/news-events/prince-rahim-and-princess-salwa-announce-birth-baby-boy
  19. the
    https://the.ismaili/prince-sinan
  20. NRK
    https://www.nrk.no/nordland/prins-rahim-aga-khan-kjopte-hus-i-lofoten-_-na-skal-det-renoveres-1.15083899
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