Aga Khan V

Rahim Aga Khan was born on 12 October 1971, in Geneva, Switzerland. He is the eldest son and second oldest of three children born to Shah Karim al-Husseini (Aga Khan IV) and his first wife Salimah Aga Khan (née Sarah Croker-Poole), a British national. Rahim was educated in the United States, receiving his secondary education at Phillips Academy Andover, Massachusetts from which he graduated in 1990, before graduating from Brown University with a bachelor's degree in comparative literature in 1995. In 2006 he completed graduate studies in management and administration in Barcelona, Spain, at the IESE Business School University of Navarra. Based in Geneva, Switzerland, Rahim has been involved for many years in the governance of the Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN), where he chaired the AKDN Environment and Climate Committee. In 2019, Rahim sat on either the Board or Executive Committee for several of AKDN agencies and affiliated structures, including the Aga Khan Fund for Economic Development, and the Aga Khan University Foundation. In 2010, he established the Aga Khan Brown Workshop series at the Watson Institute. == Succession to the Imamate ==

Shah Rahim al-Hussaini, who had been designated successor by his father, was publicly announced as the 50th Imam following his father's death on 4 February 2025. The announcement took place after the reading of Shah Karim al-Husseini’s will at the Ismaili Centre in Lisbon. According to Nizari Ismaili tradition, leadership passes through designation by the previous Imam. == Personal life ==

Rahim married Kendra Irene Spears on 31 August 2013 in Geneva. They have two children: Irfan (b. 11 April 2015) and Sinan (b. 2 January 2017). In 2019, he bought a house in Unstad in Vestvågøy Municipality, Norway. The couple divorced in February 2022. == Titles, styles and honours ==

The titles Prince and Princess are claimed by the Aga Khans and their children by virtue of their descent from Fath-Ali Shah of the Iranian Turkic Qajar dynasty. The title was officially recognised by the British government in 1938. Scholar Farhad Daftary wrote of how the honorific title "Aga Khan" (from Agha and Khan) was first given to Hasan Ali Shah (the Aga Khan I) at the age of thirteen when he, as the young 46th Imam, went with his mother to the Qajar court in Tehran to successfully obtain justice for his slain father, Shah Khalil Allah III, as those involved in the murder were punished. "At the same time, the Qajar monarch bestowed on him the honorific title (laqab) of Agha Khan (also transcribed as Aqa Khan), meaning lord and master." Daftary additionally commented, "The title of Agha Khan remained hereditary amongst his successors." Fath-Ali Shah also gave his daughter, Princess Sarv-i-Jahan Khanum, in marriage to the young Imam. The style of His Highness was granted to Rahim by King Charles III on 10 February 2025. == Patrilineal descent ==

Shah Rahim al-Hussaini Aga Khan's patriline is the line from which he is descended father to son. • Adnan • Ma'ad ibn Adnan • Nizar ibn Ma'ad • Mudar ibn Nizar • Ilyas ibn Mudar • Mudrikah ibn Ilyas • Khuzayma ibn Mudrika • Kinanah ibn Khuzayma • An-Nadr ibn Kinanah • Malik ibn Al-Nadr • Fihr ibn Malik • Ghalib ibn Fihr • Lu'ayy ibn Ghalib • Ka'b ibn Lu'ayy • Murrah ibn Ka'b • Kilab ibn Murrah b. ca. 372 • Qusay ibn Kilab ca. 400-ca. 480 • Abd Manaf ibn Qusai • Hashim ibn Abd Manaf, ca. 464-ca. 497 • Abd al-Muttalib, ca. 497–578 • Abu Talib ibn Abd al-Muttalib, 535–619 • 4th Caliph and 1st Imam Ali ibn Abu Talib, 601–661, cousin and son-in-law of the Prophet Muhammad • 2nd Imam Husayn ibn Ali, 626–680 • 3rd Imam Ali ibn Husayn Zayn al-Abidin, 659–713 • 4th Imam Muhammad al-Baqir, 677–733 • 5th Imam Jafar al-Sadiq, ca. 702–765 • 6th Imam Ismail ibn Jafar, ca. 722-ca. 762 • 7th Imam Muhammad ibn Ismail, 740–813 • 8th Imam Ahmad al-Wafi, 795/746-827/828 • 9th Imam Muhammad at-Taqi (Isma'ili), 813/814-839/840 • 10th Imam Radi Abdullah, 832–881 • 11th Imam Caliph Abdullah al-Mahdi Billah, 873–934 • 12th Imam Caliph Al-Qa'im, 893–946 • 13th Imam Caliph Al-Mansur Billah, 914–953 • 14th Imam Caliph Al-Mu'izz li-Din Allah, 932–975 • 15th Imam Caliph Al-Aziz Billah, 955–996 • 16th Imam Caliph Al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah, 985–1021 • 17th Imam Caliph Ali az-Zahir, 1005–1036 • 18th Imam Caliph Al-Mustansir Billah, 1029–1094 • 19th Imam Nizar al-Mustafa, 1045–1095 • 20th Imam Ali Al-Husayn Al-Hadi, 1076–1132 • 21st Imam Al-Muhtadi, Muhammad I, 1106–1157 • 22nd Imam Al-Qahir, Hasan I, 1126–1162 • 23rd Imam Hassan II of Alamut (also referred to as 'Alā Zikrihi-s-Salām), 1142/1145-1166 • 24th Imam Muhammad II of Alamut, 1148–1210 • 25th Imam Hassan III of Alamut, 1187–1221 • 26th Imam Muhammad III of Alamut, 1211–1255 • 27th Imam Rukn al-Din Khurshah, ca. 1230-1256/1257 • 28th Imam Shams al-Din (Nizari), 1257–1310 • 29th Imam Qasim Shah, 1310–1368 • 30th Imam Islam Shah, d. 1424 • 31st Imam Muhammad ibn Islam Shah, d. 1464 • 32nd Imam Ali Shah Qalandar, al-Mustansir Billah II, d. 1480 • 33rd Imam Abd-us-Salam Shah, d. 1494 • 34th Imam Abbas Shah Gharib, al-Mustansir Billah III, d. 1498 • 35th Imam Abuzar Ali Nur Shah, d. ca. 1509 • 36th Imam Murād Mīrzā, d. 1574 • 37th Imam Dhu-l-Fiqar Ali Zulfiqar Ali, Khalilullah I, d. 1634 • 38th Imam Nur al-Din Ali, d. 1671 • 39th Imam Ali, Khalilullah II, d. 1680 • 40th Imam Shah Nizar II, d. 1722 • 41st Imam Sayed Ali, d. ca. 1736 • 42nd Imam Al-Hassan Ali Beg, d. ca. 1747 • 43rd Imam Sayed Jafar, Al-Qasim Ali, d. ca. 1756 • 44th Imam Abū-l-Hasan ʻAlī, d. 1792 • 45th Imam Shah Khalilullah III, 1740–1817 • 46th Imam Hasan Ali Shah, Aga Khan I, 1804–1881 • 47th Imam Aqa Ali Shah, Aga Khan II, 1830–1885 • 48th Imam Sultan Muhammad Shah, Aga Khan III, 1877–1957 • Aly Khan, 1911–1960 • 49th Imam Shah Karim Al-Hussaini, Aga Khan IV, 1936–2025 • 50th Imam Shah Rahim al-Hussaini, Aga Khan V, 1971-Present == Awards ==

• : • Nishan-e-Pakistan (7 June 2024) • : • Chief of the Order of the Golden Heart of Kenya (26 August 2025) • : • Collar of the Most Excellent Order of the Pearl of Africa (11 September 2025) • : • Symbolic Key to the City of Aswan by the Governor of Aswan (9 February 2025) • : • Symbolic Key to the City of Sugar Land, Texas by the Mayor of Sugarland (5 November 2025) • Symbolic Key to the City of Houston by the Mayor of Houston (5 November 2025) • Symbolic Key to the City of Dallas by the Mayor of Dallas (9 November 2025) • Symbolic Key to the City of Carrollton by the Mayor of Carrollton (9 November 2025) == Notes ==