aswan
Mata Salamat - in fond remembrance who passed away at the age of 95 years
Mata Salamat, Umm Habibeh Aga Khan passed away on July 1, 2000 at Le Cannet, France. She was the fourth and last wife of our 48th Holy Imam Shah Sultan Muhammad Shah Aga Khan
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1957, November 28: Mowlana Shah Karim gave Didar to Jamat in Aswan 1957-11-28
1957, November 28: Mowlana Shah Karim gave Didar to Jamat. There was a gathering of a thousand people during the grand darbar in well decorated tents, which were pitched beside the Aswan Building.
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Mausoleum of the Aga Khan 2022-01-08
Posted January 10th, 2022 by librarian-hdAt first sight, the Mausoleum of the Agha Khan in Aswan may appear to you as an austere and isolated building, on the west bank of the Nile River. Inspired by the architecture of the Cairo Fatimids, the structure is recognizable by its elegance and by its special use of pink granite. It was built at the request of the begum, wife of the Aga Khan III who died in 1957.The begum Aga Khan; who died in 2000, lived in the white villa below but closed the mausoleum to the public in 1997 to allow the deceased to rest in peace away from the bustle of the living.
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FAITHFUL TO THE MAN AND THE PLACE - Interview of Mata Salamat 1992-04-23
Posted April 20th, 2021 by librarian-hdJust before leaving Aswan to spend the summer in Cannes, Princess Yvonne Aga Khan, wife of the late Aga Khan gave a rare interview to YOUSSEF EL-DEEB
Shortly before his death in 1957, Sultan Mohamed Shah Agha Khan, spiritual leader of the Ismaili sect of Islam, chose as his resting place a solitary sand dune on the West Bank of the Nile at Aswan. Princess Yvonne Agha Khan, known as the Begum, a French national and the Sultan`s third wife, has cared for this tomb ever since, staying at their house nearby for six months of the year and spending the summer at their villa in Cannes.
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