Also close by are the Royal Albert Hall, Imperial College London, the Royal College of Music, the London branch of the Goethe-Institut and the Ismaili Centre.

* Ismaili Centre

* Ismaili Centre

* The Ismaili Nutrition Centre Chicken Samosa recipe includes health and nutritional information and a visual guide to folding samosas.

Of particular significance is the new Ismaili Centre in Toronto, Canada that is to be located in the midst of formal gardens and surrounded by a large park designed by landscape architect Vladimir Djurovic.

In 1991, Hafiz Karmali ( assistant to Peter Brook's protégé Andrei Serban ) directed this version at the Ismaili Centre in London, UK with an ensemble of actors trained at the American Repertory Theatre at Harvard.

In 1979, the foundation stone was laid for what was to become the first ‘ Ismaili Centre ’ in London ’ s South Kensington neighbourhood .< ref > See Aga Khan IV, Speech on the occaision of the Foundation Ceremony of the Ismaili Jamatkhana and Centre, London, UK, September 6, 1979.

Available at < http :// www. amaana. org / agakhan / londonctr9-79. htm .></ ref > The high-profile building which was opened by Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher ( b. 1925 ; r. 1979-1990 ) in the presence of His Highness the Aga Khan in April 1985 was an important chapter in a new era of Ismaili presence in Europe .< ref > See Notes from Press Release titled “ His Highness the Aga Khan in the United Kingdom to mark Golden Jubilee Visit ,” July 2, 2008 and available at < http :// www. akdn. org / Content / 674 .> Photographs and the speech by Margaret Thatcher on the occasion can be found at < http :// www. amaana. org / agakhan / londonctr9-79. htm ..></ ref > Several months later in August, another Ismaili Centre was opened in Vancouver ’ s Burnaby district ( Canada ) by Prime Minister Brian Mulroney ( b. 1939 ; r. 1984-1993 ).< ref > The Foundation Stone Ceremony was conducted on July 24, 1982 and the building was officially opened on August 23, 1985.

See “ Voices: Bruno Freschi, Architect of the Ismaili Centre in Burnaby, in Conversation with Simerg ,” at < http :// simerg. com / about / voices-bruno-freschi-architect-of-the-ismaili-centre-in-burnaby-in-conversation-with-simerg /.></ ref > Each architecturally unique, these purpose built centres constructed by internationally reputed architects occupy prominent places in their respective cities and include, in addition to the central prayer hall, spaces to facilitate intellectual and social gatherings, meeting rooms, educational facilities, libraries, gardens and water features.

In 1998, the third such ‘ Ismaili Centre ’ was opened in Lisbon, Portugal .< ref > See Aga Khan IV, “ Speech at the Foundation Stone Ceremony of the Lisbon Ismaili Centre ,” December 18, 1996, available at < http :// www. iis. ac. uk / view_article. asp? ContentID = 101402 .> and Press Release dated July 11, 1998 on the occasion of the inauguration of Centro Ismaili, “ Aga Khan and President Sampaio Speak on Faith and Civil Society ,” available at < http :// www. akdn. org / Content / 527 .></ ref > The Centre draws inspiration from regional influences of the Moorish architectural heritage such as the Alhambra in Granada as well as that of other Muslim cultural forms such as that of Fatehpur Sikri in India .< ref > Richardson, Phyllis.

“ Ismaili Centre, Lisbon, Portugal ,” New Sacred Architecture, pp. 86-91.

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.

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.

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

* Institute of Ismaili Studies: Selected speeches of Sir Sultan Mahomed Shah Aga Khan III

* Aga Khan IV, Imam of the Ismaili Muslims, and Founder & Chairman of the AKDN

In 969 the Fatimids were led by General Gawhar al-Siqilli with his Kutama army, under the moral flagship of Ubayd Allah al-Mahdi, the Shiite Ismaili Imam of that time and ancestor of the current Aga Khan, to establish a new capital for the Fatimid dynasty.

* 1936 – His Highness Prince Shah Karim al-Husseini Aga Khan IV, Present Imam ( leader ) of the Shia Imami Ismaili Muslims

* 1957 – Prince Karim Husseini Aga Khan IV inherits the office of Imamat as the 49th Imam of Shia Imami Ismaili worldwide, after the death of Sir Sultan Mahommed Shah Aga Khan III.

* July 11 – His Highness Prince Karim Aga Khan becomes the 49th Imam of the Shia Ismaili Muslims at age 20.

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 ".

For example, Ismaili Khojas, a Muslim group from Gujarat and Sindh who are followers of Aga khan, believe in the 10 incarnations of Vishnu.

* Ismaili Khojas, a Shia Muslim group from Gujarat and Sindh and followers of Aga khan, believe in the 10 incarnations of Vishnu.

Even the Aga Khan ( the Spiritual Head of the Islamic sect of Ismaili Khojas & grandfather of the present Aga Khan ) has stated in his autobiography that Gokhale's influence on his thinking was probably considerable.

* On the occasion of His Highness the Aga Khan's Golden Jubilee in 2007, Alamut International Theatre Company presented Ali to Karim ( A2K ): A Tribute to the Ismaili Imams directed by Hafiz Karmali.

Prince Karim Aga Khan IV, the 49th Imam of the Ismaili Muslims and present Aga Khan, was a nephew to Prince Sadruddin, and is the founder and Chairman of the Aga Khan Development Network.

In 1948 she left her film career to marry Prince Aly Khan, a son of Sultan Mahommed Shah, Aga Khan III, the leader of the Ismaili sect of Shia Islam.

Prince Ali Salman Aga Khan ( June 13, 1911 – May 12, 1960 ), known as Aly Khan was a son of Aga Khan III, the head of the Ismaili Muslims, and the father of Aga Khan IV.

** Prince Aly Khan, Imam of Ismaili Shi ' a Islam ( d. 1960 )

Although the European rulers did not accept this proposal, the Ismaili Imam partnered again with the Sunni caliph in 1246 AD when the two journeyed to the enthronement of the Great Khan Güyük in Mongolia.

When Rukn al-Din arrived in Mongolia with promises to persuade the prevailing Ismaili fortresses to surrender, the Great Khan Mongke no longer believed the Imam to be of use.

The Ismaili Centre in Toronto will be the largest such centre in the English-speaking world .< ref > See “ Aga Khan to Establish Major Academic and Cultural Center and Museum in Canada ” Press Release on October 8, 2002 at < http :// www. akdn. org / Content / 551 .> The Ismaili Centre in Toronto will share a 17. 3 acre plot with a major museum “ dedicated to the acquisition, preservation, display and interpretation of artifacts relating to the intellectual, cultural, artistic, and religious traditions of Muslim communities, past and present .”</ ref > Centres in Houston, Texas and Los Angeles, California are also being planned < http :// www. theismaili. org / cms / 802 / About-the-Ismaili-Centres >.

Access to education was made available to the public and many Fatimid da ‘ is received at least part of their training in this major institution of learning which served the Ismaili da ‘ wa ( mission ) until the downfall of the Fatimid dynasty.

However, since a certain number of undefined years after the formation of the independent country of Pakistan ( a major hub for Nizari Ismailis, as indicated earlier ) in 1947, and particularly since the advent of the 49th Imam of the Nizari Ismailis, the Aga Khan IV, in 1957, the bulk of the public information available on the position of the Imam in Nizari Ismailism indicates that the position may be viewed as ' less divine ' than during the lives of previous Nizari Ismaili Imams – or, even, not divine altogether.

No contemporary Ismaili account of the events has survived, and it is likely that scholars will never know the exact details of this time.

In 2007, after an interview with the Aga Khan, G. Pascal Zachary, of the The New York Times, wrote, " Part of the Aga Khan's personal wealth by him and his family, which his advisers say exceeds $ 1 billion, comes from a dizzyingly complex system of tithes that some of the world's 15 million Ismaili Muslims pay him each year of which is called dasond, which is at least 12. 5 % of each Nizari Ismaili's gross annual income – an amount that he will not disclose but which may reach hundreds of millions of dollars annually.

In his will, the Aga Khan III explained the rationale for choosing his eldest grandson as his successor ( which marked the first time in the claimed history of the Nizari Ismaili chain of Imamat that a grandson of the preceding Imam – instead of one of the sons of the preceding Imam – was made the next Imam ):

Further Ismaili Centres, in various stages of development will follow shortly.

The first of these, and the second such centre to be built in Canada, will be located in Toronto ’ s Don Mills area and follows the pattern of earlier buildings, representing functionally and symbolically the presence of Ismaili communities in Europe and North America.

Founded in 2002, The Secondary Teacher Education Programme ( STEP ) is a two-year post-graduate programme that seeks to train and sustain teachers who will be instrumental in teaching the Institute ’ s Secondary Curriculum to Ismaili students worldwide.

In 1986, the Aga Khan ordained the current Ismailia Constitution – an ecclesiastical decree affirming to Nizari Ismailis his " sole right to interpret the Qur ' an and provide authoritative guidance on matters of faith " and formalizing his sole discretion, power and authority for the governance of Nizari Ismaili jamats ( places of worship ) and institutions.