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Aga Khan III

1877 - 1957

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Sir Sultan Muhammad Shah (2 November 1877 – 11 July 1957), known as Aga Khan III, was the 48th imam of the Nizari Ism'aili branch of Shia Islam. He was one of the founders and the first permanent president of the All-India Muslim League (AIML). His goal was the advancement of Muslim agendas and the protection of Muslim rights in British India. The League, until the late 1930s, was not a large organisation but represented landed and commercial Muslim interests as well as advocating for British education during the British Raj. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Aga Khan III is the 3,578th most popular politician (up from 4,392nd in 2019), the 27th most popular biography from Pakistan (down from 19th in 2019) and the 13th most popular Pakistani Politician.

Aga Khan III was a world leader and spiritual leader of the Shia Ismaili Muslims. He was the 49th Imam of the Shia Imami Ismaili Muslims, a branch of Islam, and was the first person in more than 150 years to succeed to the title of Aga Khan. He was the founder of the Aga Khan Development Network, one of the largest private development networks in the world.

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Among politicians, Aga Khan III ranks 3,578 out of 19,576. Before him are Lütfi Pasha, Syphax, Cypselus, Pompeius Strabo, Maria of Alania, and Kim Jae-gyu. After him are Thessalonike of Macedon, Stephen IV of Hungary, Oscar Luigi Scalfaro, Sekhemre Khutawy Sobekhotep, Reynaldo Bignone, and Kais Saied.

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Among people born in 1877, Aga Khan III ranks 25. Before him are Kārlis Ulmanis, Jesse Livermore, Maurice Halbwachs, Alfred Cortot, Ernst von Dohnányi, and Mykola Leontovych. After him are Henry Norris Russell, Enrico De Nicola, Niceto Alcalá-Zamora, Karl Abraham, Emil Abderhalden, and Plutarco Elías Calles. Among people deceased in 1957, Aga Khan III ranks 38. Before him are František Kupka, Laura Ingalls Wilder, Erich Wolfgang Korngold, V. Gordon Childe, Eliot Ness, and Erich von Stroheim. After him are Henry Norris Russell, Edward Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany, Beniamino Gigli, Max Ophüls, Prince George of Greece and Denmark, and Carl Clauberg.

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In Pakistan

Among people born in Pakistan, Aga Khan III ranks 27 out of 217. Before him are Asanga (300), Ustad Ahmad Lahori (1580), Abdus Salam (1926), Zulfikar Ali Bhutto (1928), Dev Anand (1923), and Yousaf Raza Gillani (1952). After him are Zafarullah Khan Jamali (1944), Fariduddin Ganjshakar (1178), Asif Ali Zardari (1955), Kabir Bedi (1946), Ranjit Singh (1780), and Har Gobind Khorana (1922).

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Among POLITICIANS In Pakistan

Among politicians born in Pakistan, Aga Khan III ranks 13. Before him are I. K. Gujral (1919), Shah Jahan (1592), Arif Alvi (1949), Benazir Bhutto (1953), Zulfikar Ali Bhutto (1928), and Yousaf Raza Gillani (1952). After him are Zafarullah Khan Jamali (1944), Asif Ali Zardari (1955), Ranjit Singh (1780), Muhammad Khan Junejo (1932), Bahlul Lodi (1406), and Firuz Shah Tughlaq (1309).

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