Aga Khan

The third Aga Khan (1877- 1957) took to the turf in England with gusto in 1922—winning the Derby on five occasions (tied for most all-time) before his death.

Photo-Op: Princes of the Turf 2011

His highness Aga Khan's work is a shining example of what Islam is all about; God has entrusted humans with a life to be respectful to it and care for others in order to create a cohesive society where God's entire creation can live in harmony.

Mike Ghouse: Muslims Celebrate The Changing Mediascape Mike Ghouse 2011

The Aga Khan, the Muslim spiritual leader and philanthropist, purchased 349-acre Bell Island in 2009 for $100 million, according to public records.

My Own Private Island Candace Jackson 2011

With the work in that condition, Houghton began to disperse various pictorial pages, first as a gift to the Met, then as a way to establish the gift's tax value by selling other pages, and again in a straight sale of a painted page—perhaps the book's finest—to the Aga Khan.

Clandestine Trade Melik Kaylan 2011

Gail Lockhart Charles, the Bahamas-based representative for the Aga Khan, said that the existing homes on the island—flat, concrete structures built to maximize water views and minimize potential hurricane damage—are being renovated to create a "private family retreat."

My Own Private Island Candace Jackson 2011

Unfortunately, today, come June, tacky soccer players and gold-digging TV starlets and rich playboys mostly haunt the 55-kilometer stretch of coast, known as Costa Smeralda, that the Aga Khan once thought of as his exclusive retreat.

In Search of a Billionaire's Paradise Aude Lagorce 2011

Grabar, who earned his doctorate from Princeton University in 1955, chaired Harvard University's Department of Fine Arts from 1977 until 1982 and was Aga Khan professor of Islamic art and architecture (1980 until 1990) and professor emeritus (1990 until 2011) at Harvard.

Menachem Wecker: Islamic Art Scholar Deserves More Obituaries Menachem Wecker 2011

Grabar, who earned his doctorate from Princeton University in 1955, chaired Harvard University's Department of Fine Arts from 1977 until 1982 and was Aga Khan professor of Islamic art and architecture (1980 until 1990) and professor emeritus (1990 until 2011) at Harvard.

Menachem Wecker: Islamic Art Scholar Deserves More Obituaries Menachem Wecker 2011

The Aga Khan would not have complained: the hotel's spacious rooms and suites are scattered throughout a lush private park of wild olive and juniper trees, all sloping gently toward the wind-sheltered bay of Cala Capra.

In Search of a Billionaire's Paradise Aude Lagorce 2011

Islands in Exuma Cays, a 365-island archipelago in the Bahamas, have recently sold to producer/director Tyler Perry, spiritual leader Aga Khan and country singers Tim McGraw and Faith Hill, joining earlier arrivals Johnny Depp, David Copperfield and Bernard Arnault, chairman and chief executive of LVMH.

Private Island Living 2011