Prince Shah Karim Al Husseini’s family’s engagement with Ireland’s equine industry spanned three generations
File photo of the Aga Khan at the opening of the Curragh Racecourse and The Aga Khan Stand during day two of the Curragh Spring Festival at Curragh Racecourse, County Kildare in 2019. Photograph: PA/PA WireThe Aga Khan, known for his triumphs in horse racing, dazzling wealth and development work around the world, has died in Lisbon at the age of 88, according to the Aga Khan Development Network on X.
The international jet setter - who held British, French, Swiss and Portuguese citizenship - also poured millions into helping people in the poorest parts of the world. Prince Shah Karim Al Husseini was born on December 13th, 1936 in Geneva and spent his early childhood in Nairobi, Kenya. As Aga Khan -- derived from Turkish and Persian words to mean commanding chief -- he was believed by Ismailis to be a direct descendant of the prophet Mohammad.
But perhaps his most famous horse was Shergar, which won the Epsom Derby, the Irish Derby and the King George, before being kidnapped in February 1983 from Ireland’s Ballymany stud farm.
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