biography
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Aga Khan I
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originally Hasan Ali Shah
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| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1800–81)
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| biography:
| Imam of the Nizari Ismailite sect of the Shiite Muslims. He claimed to be descended from Ali, the son-in-law of the Prophet Mohammed. Appointed governor of the Iranian province of Kerman, he was granted the title of Aga Khan in 1818 by the Shah of Iran. In 1838 he rose in revolt against Mohammed Shah but was defeated and fled to India. He helped the British in the first Anglo-Afghan War (1839–42) and in the conquest of Sindh (1842–3), and was granted a pension. |
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