Aga Khan lV
1936-
aka: Karim al-Hussain (original name), Mawlana
Hazar Imam, Aga Khan is a title.
head of the Ismaili sect of Mohammadens, a global
community focused in Asia and Africa
born in Switzerland
father: son of Aga Khan lll
mother: European woman
parents divorced when A.K. was 13
childhood in Kenya
private tutoring, Harvard Univ.
married 2x, both Western women, children
said to part of the Shi'ite sect of Mohammadens,
tracing lineage from Fatima, daughter of The Prophet.
extremely wealthy, global business ventures,
race-horse interests, philanthropy, etc...
The Aga Khan is one of the richest men in the world. He has palaces in every great city all over the world, in all the hill stations, on all the beautiful beaches.
And how has he become so rich? What is his strategy? The strategy is: if somebody dies, in the dead person’s memory you send him the money, and the money will be sent into your account in paradise. Millions of dollars he accumulates, and the blind believers think that the money is reaching into their bank accounts...
– Osho
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