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Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN): An Ethical Framework

Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN): An Ethical Framework

Prepared for the Aga Khan Development Network by The Institute of Ismaili Studies, 2000.

The AKDN Mandate
The Aga Khan Development Network is a contemporary endeavour of the Ismaili Imamat to realise the social conscience of Islam through institutional action. It brings together, under [...]

Material Intelligence and Spiritual Enlightenment -Sir Sultan Muhammad Shah Aga Khan

Material Intelligence and Spiritual Enlightenment
An Address at the Platinum Jubilee CeremonySir Sultan Muhammad Shah Aga KhanFebruary 20, 1955 Cairo, Egypt

On this unique occasion when you make this wonderful offering of platinum and its equivalent as an unconditional gift, I must immediately tell you that I give it to the Diamond Jubilee Investment Trust as further [...]

Muslim Education in India-Sir Sultan Muhammad Shah Aga Khan

Muslim Education in India
Presidential Address to the All India Muhammadan Educational ConferenceSir Sultan Muhammad Shah Aga Khan1902 Delhi, India
My first duty and pleasure is to thank you for the honour you have done me in asking me to preside at the meeting of the Conference. To sit in this chair is a signal honour of [...]

The Ismaili Imamat in the 20th Century

The Ismaili Imamat in the 20th Century

Sir [...]

My Philosophy of Happiness – His Will – Agakhan III

My Philosophy of Happiness – His Will
I should, first of all, advise my heirs to learn to desire the thing that happens, and not try to mould events to their desires. It was silly of the poet Omar to write:
‘Ah love, could you and I with Him conspire, to grasp this [...]

Shergar – Racehorse

Shergar – Racehorse
Say ‘Shergar’ and instantly images of kidnapping, international criminal organisations and tragedy spring to mind. What has been forgotten though is the fact that Shergar was one of the great flat racehorses of the 20th Century, winning six of his eight races by astonishing margins. He was reared in Ireland and was [...]

SUFI STORIES

The Story Of Mulla And Assumptions:
A certain man asked the famous Mulla Nasrudin, “What is the meaning of fate?”
Mulla replied, “Assumptions.”
“In what way?” the man [...]

Aga Khan Building and Planning Services

The Aga Khan Planning and Building Services (AKPBS) works to [...]

Aga Khan Foundation’s Areas of Focus

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