The Noorani family is a term used to refer to the immediate family of the Imām of the Nizari Ismāʿīli Shia Muslims, commonly known by the title of Aga Khan.[1] By convention and custom its members and descendants in the male line are titled Prince and Princess, and as such it can be regarded as a royal family, although only the Aga Khan himself, as its head, is entitled to be referred to by the style of His Highness. The style of His Highness was formally granted to the Aga Khan IV by Queen Elizabeth II in 1957 upon the death of his grandfather the Aga Khan III.[a]

Members

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Recently deceased members

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Living former members

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  • Princess Salimah Aga Khan, b. 1940, former wife of the Aga Khan IV (m. 1969; div. 1995)
  • Princess Inaara Aga Khan, b. 1963, former wife of the Aga Khan IV (m. 1998; div. 2011)
  • Princess Khaliya Aga Khan, b. 1976, former wife of Prince Hussain Aga Khan (m. 2006; div. 2013)
  • Princess Salwa Aga Khan, b. 1988, former wife of Prince Rahim Aga Khan (m. 2013; div. 2022)

References

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  1. ^ Najibullah, Farangis (24 August 2012). "Five Things To Know About The Aga Khan". Radio Free Europe. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
  2. ^ a b "Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan, U. N. Commissioner, and Mrs. Sursock Married". The New York Times. 28 November 1972. Retrieved 31 May 2023.

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  1. ^ This style has been continually recognized, on a personal basis, by the British monarch, to whom the Aga Khans were previously temporal subjects — the incumbent is a British citizen — since 1866. In 1959, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, Shah of Iran — whose Qajar predecessors first awarded Imam Hasan Ali Shah the title of Aga Khan in 1818 — bestowed upon the Aga Khan IV the higher style of Royal Highness in 1959, but that style fell into disuse following the Iranian Revolution of 1979.