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Prince Karim for many remains a paradoxical figure: he owns a completely unimaginable wealth, while it is considered a spiritual leader of 15 million Shiites of Ismailis. How does he manage to unite a number of opposites in himself so elegantly: spiritual and material, Christianity and Muslim, East and West? And, finally, why is he officially called the prince, not being a representative of a single monarchy surname?

He spends most of his time in the air, in a personal plane. Its earthly monastery is located in the estate near Chantilii, 40 km north of Paris. Being an imam, he is responsible for the needs and spiritual needs of the followers of Ismailism is one of the directions of the Shiite branch of Islam, which can be found in more than 25 countries. The prince studied at Harvard University, when he suddenly received a message to come to his grandfather, who was in his Villa in Cannes.

The young man returned to his studies after 18 months, arriving in a student hostel with two secretaries and a personal assistant. The question suggests itself: where does the prince's title come from, if there is no kingdom? The fact is that the imams of the Ismailites call themselves and family members princes and princesses according to the tradition, which is conducted from their ancestor Feth Ali Shah, the Persian king.

This status was officially recognized as Queen Britain. In terms of gold in the year, the grandfather of Prince Karim, who was born in India, was seven years old when he joined the Imamat after the death of his father. By the way, fate scattered all Aga Khanov into different countries of the world, partly because, firstly, they really do not have their own territory, and secondly, the obligations of Imam dictate the need to be everywhere and at once.

The horses were not something unfamiliar for Aga Khan: his grandfather built a large stable in India. Aga Khan III simply continued the tradition, but did it brilliantly. So, he was the owner of 5 winners of the Epsky derby, 16 winners of classic British races and during the period of years the record 13 times became a champion among horses participating in smooth races, for which he even got into the Guinness Book of Records.

Starting from the year, the strongest riders from all over the world are fighting for this trophy annually. Today, the Cup of Nations is the most prestigious team series of competitive tournaments. Imam did not forget to build hospitals, schools, banks and mosques for his followers. And they showed him their gratitude: in the year, grateful fans gave Imam the equivalent of his weight in gold, and he received the same gift in the form of appropriate stones and metal for a diamond and platinum anniversary.

In a word, today the size of the personal and “accountable” capital of Prince Karim is quite difficult to calculate, but, according to the last estimates of Forbes, his condition is approximately 13.3 billion dollars.

Ali, one of the most beautiful and desperate people of his generation, met his first wife in the year, although at that time she was already married. At one of the dinner in Dovil, he whispered to her: “Dear, will you marry me? They got married in Paris in May, and on December 13, they had Karim. The following year is his brother, Prince Amin. From the very beginning, Father Karim was not an exemplary family man: he had a well-known romance with the English Baroness Pamela Harriman, who was christened “The Last Curtain History” for numerous ties with famous men, and then with the American movie star Rita Haybuworth, which he later married, received a divorce from the yard-baller, but this marriage soon broke up.

They say that in all his life Ali had more than 3 thousand. All over the world, the sexual glory of the prince thundered, and the gossip whispered that Ali could be with several women during the night and never tired. It was for the reasons for the excessive love of his son that Muhammad Shah Aga-Khan III did not transmit his religious duties to him, so the title of Imam immediately went to his eldest grandson.

The chess party was another “inheritance” of Karim, was the horse -breeding business, which, unlike the title of religious leader, went to him in the year from his father when he died in a car accident in a suburbs of Paris. So this was a complete surprise. Nevertheless, he decided to redeem his brothers and sisters and try to succeed in this matter. And he succeeded!

For more than half a century, horses have been bringing victory in the largest races. In the last five years alone, his horses won the jumps of group 1 of the group 18 times. In the year, the prince’s mare nicknamed Valira broke the centuries -old record in Diana and brought its owner the seventh victory in this jump. Aga-Khan IV was twice a champion among horses participating in smooth races and years, but so far he was not yet able to catch up with Sheikh Dubai Mohammed al-Maktum, who received this title for himself for a year, and 9 times from for a year he went to his syndicate Godolfin.

One of the rare possibilities to catch a glimpse of the prince is to visit the races in Chantilii on the prize of Diana French OKS. This prize, established in the year, is considered one of the most prestigious in France.The jumps pass just a few kilometers from the prince's estate in Eglemonon. By the way, against his background, one of the most striking stages of the Global Champions Tour competitions series is also held.

The champion’s abduction history of races is full of glorious and dark pages. Shergar first went out onto the hippodrome path at the age of 2 years, a year, but a year later it became a jump in a new legend. Then he was recognized as the national hero of Ireland and the horse of the year in Europe. Several customers were able to overpower such a record amount, and the stallion left for the millionaire Jou Mania and his veterinarian Stan Cosgrouva.

Having found out that Shergar had several owners, the attackers tried to blackmail everyone at once, but not one wanted to pay a ransom. If we gave the ransom, any racehorse in the world could become a target for criminals, ”one of the owners said later. Then the bandits threatened that they would kill the stallion and kept their promise: they shot him from the machine guns, and he slowly and painfully died of blood loss.

According to rumors, the body of Shergar was buried in the mountains, and the criminals were never found. Perhaps this decision of the owners will seem cynical and cruel to someone, but, indeed, since then such incidents have not been repeated anymore. When Karim and his wife got divorced, Sally remained the famous collection of jewelry, developed and made specifically for her with such well -known jewelers as Cartier, Harry Vinton, Bulgari, Van Cliff and Arpels, Tiffany, Buchchelati, Busheron and others.

Among them was the famous Blue Almaz Begum is the “official name” of the wife of Aga Khan, which is part of a necklace consisting of 41 more heart diamonds. Begum takes 12th place in the list of famous blue diamonds of the world, is the third largest among blue diamonds in the form of a heart. After the divorce, Sally sold part of her jewelry and founded a charity fund for helping to poor families and children with this money.

The total amount from the sale of jewelry amounted to $ 27.68 million. Thus, having sold jewelry, Sally managed to alleviate the suffering of many unfortunate people around the world, however, she did not remain in the loser. However, after 6 years she filed for divorce, accusing the imam of illegitimate connections. In general, despite the rather solid age, Karim does not lose time for nothing and lives a full life.

Under his leadership, the organization AGA Khan Development Network DEW, within the framework of which a number of socio-economic, educational and cultural institutions operates. The Aga Khan Foundation developed a special “Program for the Support of the Development of Mining Regions”, which includes, first of all, the assistance of the Ismailian community of the Mountain Badakhshan Tajikistan.

This program is aimed at building irrigation channels, the development of new lands, providing loans at a very low interest, assistance to small businesses. A long -term training program for future personnel from among the Ismailis is also provided. The real contribution to the development of education in Tajikistan was the creation of the University of Central Asia in the Khorog Administrative Center of the Mountain Badakhshan and its branches in Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan.

The university was established in the year by the governments of the three republics and the Aga Khan Foundation. Already today, the Fund pays for the study of Ismailian youth at universities in Russia, and the international scholarship program made it possible for the best students to continue their studies in educational institutions in Central Asia, Europe and North America.

So, in the year of the revenue of the organization amounted to $ 2.3 billion. The AGA-Khan training centers, Aga Khan’s training centers, Aga Khan’s service, Aga Khan’s service, Aga-Khan Foundation for Economic Development, Aga-Khan Service, Aga-Khan Services for Planning and Construction, Again-Khan's Trust, University of Culture, University. Aga Khan and humanitarian aid “Focus” is an international group of agencies created in order to provide additional assistance in emergency circumstances in developing countries.