" Other prestigious architectural awards are the Aga Khan Award for Architecture, the Richard H. Driehaus Prize for Classical Architecture, the Alvar Aalto Medal ( Finland ), the Carlsberg Architecture Prize ( Denmark ), and the Governor General's Awards ( Canada ).

Aga Khan I (; or, less commonly but more correctly (; ), was the title accorded to Hasan Ali Shah (; ; 1804 in Kohak, Iran – 1881 in Bombay, India ), the governor of Kirman, 46th Imam of the Nizari Ismaili Muslims, and prominent Muslim leader in Iran and later in the Indian Subcontinent.

Fath Ali Shah also appointed Hasan Ali Shah as governor of Qumm and bestowed upon him the honorific of Aga Khan.

Hasan Ali Shah thus become known as Aga Khan Mahallati, and the title of Aga Khan was inherited by his successors.

Aga Khan I's mother later moved to India where she died in 1851.

The case, commonly referred to as the Aga Khan Case, was heard by Sir Joseph Arnould.

Hasan Ali Shah was succeeded as Imam by his eldest son Aqa Ali Shah, who became Aga Khan II.

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" The Aga Khan ".

Sir Sultan Muhammed Shah, Aga Khan III GCSI GCMG GCIE GCVO PC ( November 2, 1877 – July 11, 1957 ) was the 48th Imam of the Shia Ismaili Muslims.

He was born in Karachi ( then under British colonial rule ), to Aga Khan II and his third wife, Nawab A ' lia Shamsul-Muluk, who was a granddaughter of Iran Fath Ali Shah of Persia ( Qajar dynasty ).

The Aga Khan traveled in distant parts of the world to receive the homage of his followers, and with the object either of settling differences or of advancing their welfare by pecuniary help and personal advice and guidance.

In 1906, the Aga Khan was a founding member and first president of the All India Muslim League, a political party which pushed for the creation of an independent Muslim nation in the north west regions of South Asia, then under British colonial rule, and later established the country of Pakistan in 1947.

Under the leadership of Sir Sultan Muhammad Shah, Aga Khan III, the first half of the 20th century was a period of significant development for the Ismā ' īlī community.

The Jubilees of Sir Sultan Muhammad Shah, Aga Khan III, are well remembered.

In India and later Pakistan, social development institutions were established, in the words of Aga Khan, " for the relief of humanity ".

According to Ben Pimlott, biographer of Queen Elizabeth II, the Aga Khan presented Her Majesty with a filly called Astrakhan, who won at Hurst Park Racecourse in 1950.

In 1926, the Aga Khan gave a cup ( the Aga Khan Trophy ) to be awarded to the winners of an international team show jumping competition held at the annual horse show of the Royal Dublin Society in Dublin, Ireland every first week in August.

He wrote a number of books and papers two of which are of immense importance namely ( 1 ). India in Transition, about the prepartition politics of India and ( 2 ). World Enough & Time-The Memoirs of Sir Sultan Mohammed Shah, Aga Khan III, his autobiography.

Aga Khan III was succeeded as Aga Khan by his grandson Karim Aga Khan, who is the present Imam of the Ismaili Muslims.

A solicitor brought the will of the Aga Khan III from London to Geneva and read it before the family:

* 1885-1898: His Highness Agha Sultan Muhammad Shah, Aga Khan III

* 1898-1902: His Highness Aga Sir Sultan Muhammad Shah, Aga Khan III, KCIE

* 1902-1911: His Highness Aga Sir Sultan Muhammad Shah, Aga Khan III, GCIE

* 1911-1923: His Highness Aga Sir Sultan Muhammad Shah, Aga Khan III, GCSI, GCIE

* 1923-1934: His Highness Aga Sir Sultan Muhammad Shah, Aga Khan III, GCSI, GCIE, GCVO

* 1934-1955: His Highness The Right Honourable Aga Sir Sultan Muhammad Shah, Aga Khan III, PC, GCSI, GCIE, GCVO

* 1955-1957: His Highness The Right Honourable Aga Sir Sultan Muhammad Shah, Aga Khan III, PC, GCSI, GCMG, GCIE, GCVO

This article contains information about Aga Khan III, and also links to the 1922 update with further information about Aga Khan III.

After World War I, the city kept its status as an exclusive spa town, hosting socialites and royalty such as Aga Khan III, the Maharaja of Kapurthala, Albert Lebrun ( President of the République ), King George V of United Kingdom and King Fuad I of Egypt.

* Aga Khan Prize-Jean Nouvel for the Institute of the Arab World in Paris.

Yeang's design and built work have been recognised by the many awards received since 1989 ( over 40 ) that include the Aga Khan Award for Architecture ( for the Menara Mesiniaga, an IBM franchise ), the Prince Claus Award ( Netherlands ), the UIA ( International Union of Architects ) August Perret Award, the Malaysian Institute of Architects Gold Medal ( 2011 ) and its design awards, the WACA ( World Association of Chinese Architects ) Gold Medals ( for the Solaris Building, 2011 and for the National Library Singapore ), the Government of Malaysia ’ s ‘ Darjah Mulia Pangkuan Negen ( DMPN ) award that carries the official title of ‘ Dato ’ ( 2003, generally regarded as the Malaysian equivalent of the UK ’ s OBE ), The Lynn S. Beedle Lifetime Achievement Award from the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat, the Holcim Regional Award for Sustainability ( Switzerland ) ( for the Putrajaya Phase 2C5 building, Malaysia, 2011 ), the Merdeka Award ( for the ' environment ' category, 2011 ), an award from the Malaysian government regarded as its national equivalent of the Nobel prize.

Pakistan hosted the third World Cup in Islamabad 2006 under the able leadership of Aga Shaukat-Ali, President of Pakistan Blind Cricket Council.

For instance, in 1967, Thomas Thompson, of Life Magazine ( now Time Magazine ) wrote: " His Aga Khan's authority is roughly analogous to that of the Pope in Roman Catholicism, and he is considered the only mediator between his people and God.

" Throne of Gold: The Lives of the Aga Khans ", NY: William Morrow, 1996

* Naoroji M. Dumasia, " The Aga Khan and his ancestors ", New Delhi: Readworthy Publications ( P ) Ltd., 2008

In a 2002 interview with the Globe and Mail, Karīm al-Hussainī the 49th Aga Khan of the Ismaili Muslims described Canada as " the most successful pluralist society on the face of our globe ", citing it as " a model for the world ".

In 1898, Haffkine approached Aga Khan III with an offer for Sultan Abdul Hamid II to resettle Jews in Palestine, then a province of the Ottoman Empire: the effort " could be progressively undertaken in the Holy Land ", " the land would be obtained by purchase from the Sultan's subjects ", " the capital was to be provided by wealthier members of the Jewish community ", but the plan was rejected.

In 1997 Wallace was awarded the Aga Khan Prize for Fiction by editors of The Paris Review for " Brief Interviews with Hideous Men # 6 ", which had appeared in the magazine and appears as " Brief Interviews with Hideous Men # 20 " in the collection.