Prince Rahim Al-Hussaini has been named the brand new Aga Khan, non secular chief of tens of millions of Shia Ismaili Muslims all over the world.
He’ll tackle the position from his father Prince Karim Aga Khan, who died on Tuesday on the age of 88.
The appointment was made after Prince Karim Aga Khan’s will was unsealed, the Aga Khan Improvement Community mentioned in an announcement.
Prince Rahim Al-Hussaini Aga Khan V would be the fiftieth hereditary Imam of the Ismaili Muslims, who say they’re direct decedents of the Prophet Muhammad.
The Ismailis are a Shia Muslim sect who revere various Imams, together with Imam Ismail, who died in 765 AD.
They’ve a worldwide inhabitants of about 15 million, together with 500,000 in Pakistan.
There are additionally giant populations in India, Afghanistan and components of Africa.
Prince Karim Aga Khan succeeded his grandfather as Imam of the Ismaili Muslims in 1957 on the age of 20.
He died surrounded by household in Lisbon, Portugal, the Aga Khan Improvement Community mentioned.