Ismaili Muslims on Tuesday July 4, 2000 in Aswan,
Egypt, carry the coffin
of the widow of the late Aga Khan
III, Begum Om Habibeh, to her final
resting place next to her husband,
at the Aga Khan II's hilltop mausoleum.
Begum Om Habibeh, a former beauty
queen who died Saturday in the
southern French town of Le Cannet
at the age of 94, was buried here
Tuesday following simple religious
ceremonies at hervilla and at the
mausoleum on the banks of the Nile.
(AP Photo/Amr Nabil)
The current leader of the Ismaili Muslim community
Prince Karim AgaKhan, front right, his uncle Sader
al-din, top right, and his half-brother Prince Amin,
black hat left, Tuesday July 4, 2000, look on the
coffin of the widow of the late Aga Khan III, Begum Om
Habibeh, in Aswan, Egypt.Begum Om Habibeh, a former
beauty queen who died Saturday in the southern French
town of Le Cannet at the age of 94, was buried here
Tuesday following simple religious ceremonies at
hervilla and at the mausoleum on thebanks of the Nile.
(AP Photo/Amr Nabil)
- Jul 04 6:25 PM ET
Ismaili Muslims carry Tuesday, July 4, 2000, the
coffin of the widow of the
late Aga Khan III, Begum Om
Habibeh, into an ambulance boat at the
river Nile at Aswan, Egypt, as she
is taken to the mausoleum to be laid to
rest next to her husband. Begum Om
Habibeh, a former beauty queen who
died Saturday in the southern
French town of Le Cannet at the age of 94,
was buried here Tuesday following
simple religious ceremonies at hervilla
and at the mausoleum on the banks
of the Nile.
(AP Photo/Amr Nabil)
- Jul 04 3:25 PM ET