Word: ismailis
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...personal cook, who sprinkled gold dust on the rice before serving his master's curry. On arriving, the Aga Khan would give Head Porter Chasper $10,000 to be handed out when the Aga Khan needed pocket money; the hotel would provide the Aga Khan (an Ismaili Moslem) with a compass, so he could determine the proper direction to face while praying. Once King Albert I of the Belgians, a hotel guest, greeted Host Badrutt: "You are King of St. Moritz. I am King of the Belgians. I greet you as a colleague...
...Ismaili Community, of which the Aga Khan is the leader, is a sect of Islam which broke off from the main religion shortly after its founding...
...same time, Sadruddin Aga Khan 1G, son of the Aga Khan, has established the Ismaili Community Fellowships for the study of the Middle East here. In awarding the fellowships, preference will be given to students who are members of the Ismaili Community and then to any other Moslem...
...Khan, world-famous leader of the Ismaili Community, a sect of the Moslem religion, has endowed a professorship of Iranian at the University, President Pusey announced yesterday...
...Pakistan, the Ismaili Moslem sect decided to give their spiritual leader, the Ago Khan, his weight in platinum on his 75th birthday next week. Platinic worth of his approximate 240 Ibs.: $300,000-$1,900,000 less than the 243½ Ibs. in diamonds...