Aga Khan III

His Highness
Aga Khan III
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Aga Khan III in 1936
48th Imam of the Nizari Ismaili religion
In office
August 1885 – 11 July 1957
Preceded byAga Khan II
Succeeded byAga Khan IV
Permanent President of the All-India Muslim League
In office
1906–1957
Member of the Assembly of The League of Nations
In office
1934–1937
President of the Assembly of The League of Nations
In office
1937–1938
Preceded byTevfik Rüştü Aras
Succeeded byÉamon de Valera
Personal
Born(1877-11-02)2 November 1877[1]
Karachi, Bombay Presidency, British India
Died11 July 1957(1957-07-11) (aged 79)[1]
Versoix, near Geneva, Switzerland
Resting placeMausoleum of Aga Khan, Aswan, Egypt
ReligionShia Islam
Spouse
  • Shahzadi Begum
  • Cleope Teresa Magliano
  • Andrée Joséphine Carron
  • Begum Om Habibeh Aga Khan (birth name: Yvonne Blanche Labrousse)
Children
Parents
DenominationIsma'ilism
SchoolNizari Ismaili
LineageFatimid
Other namesSultan Mohammad Shah
Senior posting
Initiation1885
Post48th Nizari Imām

Sir Sultan Mahomed Shah (Arabic: سلطان محمد شاه, romanized: Sulṭān Muḥammad Shāh; 2 November 1877 – 11 July 1957), known as Aga Khan III (Persian: آقا خان سوم, romanized: Āqā Khān Suwwūm), was the 48th imam of the Nizari Ism'aili branch of Shia Islam. He was one of the founders and the first permanent president of the All-India Muslim League (AIML). His goal was the advancement of Muslim agendas and the protection of Muslim rights in British India. The League, until the late 1930s, was not a large organisation but represented landed and commercial Muslim interests as well as advocating for British education during the British Raj.[2] There were similarities in Aga Khan's views on education with those of other Muslim social reformers, but the scholar Shenila Khoja-Moolji argues that he also expressed a distinct interest in advancing women's education for women themselves.[3] Aga Khan called on the British Raj to consider Muslims to be a separate nation within India, the famous 'Two Nation Theory'. Even after he resigned as president of the AIML in 1912, he still exerted a major influence on its policies and agendas. He was nominated to represent India at the League of Nations in 1932 and served as President of the 18th Assembly of The League of Nations (1937–1938).[4]

  1. ^ a b https://www.britannica.com/biography/Aga-Khan-III, Biography of Aga Khan III on Encyclopedia Britannica, Updated 18 September 2003, Retrieved 31 March 2017
  2. ^ John Keay (2001). India: A History. Grove Press. p. 468. ISBN 978-0-8021-3797-5.
  3. ^ Khoja-Moolji, Shenila (2018). Forging the Ideal Educated Girl: The Production of Desirable Subjects in Muslim South Asia. Oakland, CA: University of California Press. pp. chapter 2. ISBN 978-0-520-29840-8.
  4. ^ "Conferencing the International".