By Kabeer Ali
His Royal Highness Sir Sultan Mahomed Shah Aga Khan III (1877-1957) was born at Karachi on November 2, 1877 and became the 48th Imam and spiritual leader of the Ismaili community at the young age of eight years (in 1885), after the sad demise of his father Aga Ali Shah. The title of His Highness was bestowed upon him at the age of nine.
Sir Sultan Mahomed Shah Aga Khan III was one of those Muslim stalwarts who believed in Islam as a world religion and worked ceaselessly for its triumph throughout his life.
Under the guidance of his judicious mother, Sir Aga Khan received careful educational training and within a few years was able to read and write with perfect ease in Persian, Arabic, English and French. He made remarkable progress in both Eastern and Western literature and in the knowledge of ancient and modern history. He was proficient in philosophy, theology and the English classics and acquired mastery over the works of Persian poets.
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