Aga Khan IV

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5 total works indexed

1. Global burden of 369 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019

   · 2020 · cited 15,328x

2. Accurate structure prediction of biomolecular interactions with AlphaFold 3

   · 2024 · cited 13,234x

3. Observation of Gravitational Waves from a Binary Black Hole Merger

   · 2016 · cited 11,419x

4. Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 354 diseases and injuries for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017

   · 2018 · cited 10,795x

5. Global Burden of Cardiovascular Diseases and Risk Factors, 1990–2019

   · 2020 · cited 9,734x

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Quotes

• “There are those... who enter the world in such poverty that they are deprived of both the means and the motivation to improve their lot. Unless these unfortunates can be touched with the spark which ignites the spirit of individual enterprise and determination, they will only sink back into renewed apathy, degradation and despair. It is for us, who are more fortunate, to provide that spark.”
• “The right to hope is the most powerful human motivation I know.”
• “Canada is today the most successful pluralist society on the face of our globe, without any doubt in my mind.... That is something unique to Canada. It is an amazing global human asset.”
• “Tolerance, openness and understanding towards other peoples' cultures, social structures, values and faiths are now essential to the very survival of an interdependent world.”
• “Pluralism is no longer simply an asset or a prerequisite for progress and development, it is vital to our existence.”
• “A secure pluralistic society requires communities that are educated and confident both in the identity and depth of their own traditions and in those of their neighbours.”

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Key facts

Citizenship

United Kingdom, France, Switzerland, Portugal, Canada (honorary)

Education

Institute Le Rosey

Alma mater

Harvard University ( BA )

Title

Aga Khan IV

Tenure

11 July 1957 – 4 February 2025

Installation

19 October 1957

Predecessor

Aga Khan III

Successor

Aga Khan V

Born

Shāh Karim al-Hussaini , ( 1936-12-13 ) 13 December 1936, Geneva , Switzerland

Died

4 February 2025 (2025-02-04) (aged 88), Lisbon , Portugal

Burial

9 February 2025, Aswan , Egypt

Spouse

Sarah Croker Poole ​ ​ ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1969 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 1995 ) ​ Gabriele Homey ​ ​ ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1998 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 2011 ) ​

Issue

Zahra Aga Khan Rahim Aga Khan (successor) Hussain Aga Khan Aly Muhammad Aga Khan

House

Fatimid

Father

Aly Aga Khan

Mother

Joan Yarde-Buller

Religion

Nizari Isma'ilism Shia Islam

Occupation

Spiritual leader Philanthropist Businessman Socialite

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Wikidata facts

Image

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