Aga Khan III
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The Aga Khan III in 1936
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| Other names | Sultan Muhammed Shah |
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2 November 1877 Karachi, Bombay Presidency, British India ( Now Pakistan ) |
| Died | 11 July 1957 (aged 79) Versoix, near Geneva, Switzerland |
| Resting place | Mausoleum of Aga Khan, Aswan, Egypt |
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| Successor | Karīm al-Hussaynī (grandson) |
| Religious career | |
| Initiation | 1885 |
| Post | 48th Nizari Imām |
Sir Sultan Muhammed Shah, Aga Khan III GCSI GCMG GCIE GCVO PC (2 November 1877 – 11 July 1957) was the 48th Imam of the Nizari Ismaili community. He was one of the founders and the first president of the All-India Muslim League. His goal was the advancement of Muslim agendas and protection of Muslim rights in India. The League until the late 1930s was not a mass organisation but represented the landed and commercial Muslim interests of the United Provinces (today's Uttar Pradesh). He shared Syed Ahmad Khan's belief that Muslims should first build up their social capital through advanced education before engaging in politics. Aga Khan called on the British Raj to consider Muslims to be a separate nation within India. Even after he resigned as president of the AIML in 1912, he still exerted major influence on its policies and agendas. He was nominated to represent India to the League of Nations in 1932 and served as President of the League of Nations from 1937–38.
He was born in Karachi, the capital of Sindh province in British India, (now Pakistan) to Aga Khan II and his third wife, Nawab A'lia Shamsul-Muluk, who was a granddaughter of Fath Ali Shah of Persia/Iran (Qajar dynasty).
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