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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...problem for the Aga Khan's illustrious grandfather, Sultan Sir Mahomed Shah Aga Khan. He simply let followers hoist his 243-lb. frame onto a scale and then match his weight in diamonds or gold -- a quaint practice that lapsed long ago. The present Aga Khan, Prince Karim, retains the reverence that goes with his heritage: he is the spiritual leader of the 15 million Ismaili Muslims, who regard him as a direct descendant of the prophet Muhammad. But even though Prince Karim has long been ranked as one of the world's richest men, his financial clout suddenly seems...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How the Aga Khan Stumbled | 6/7/1993 | See Source »

...setback left business leaders and jet-setters abuzz over the billionaire's misfortunes. Says Baron Edmond de Rothschild, patriarch of the French banking dynasty: "Karim, like so many others, has been caught in a cyclical downturn more severe than any we have seen in Europe since the end of World...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How the Aga Khan Stumbled | 6/7/1993 | See Source »

Police Patrol Officers' Association president Detective Frank Pasquarello asked Reeves why he made statements in the June 11 issue of the Cambridge Chronicle regarding the arrest of North Cambridge resident Karim Rashad. Rashad, 19, claimed a police officer assaulted and arrested him at a party because he is Black...

Author: By June Shih, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Mayor and Police Officer Argue at Council Meeting | 8/4/1992 | See Source »

...effort started to pick up in August, when British journalist John McCarthy was released. He was carrying a message from Islamic Jihad: if Israel would release more than 300 Arab detainees, including Sheik Abdul Karim Obeid, a Shi'ite Muslim cleric kidnapped by Israeli commandos in 1989, the group would be willing to free its remaining captives. Using Picco as a go-between, the two sides began exchanging information about the condition of their prisoners...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Diplomacy : Mr. Behind-the-Scenes | 12/16/1991 | See Source »

Israel is worried that it has not completed the deal yet, but is willing to trade almost 300 Lebanese prisoners, along with kidnapped Sheik Abdul Karim Obeid, a Hizballah cleric, for one possible Israeli survivor, air force Captain Ron Arad, and the remains of five other servicemen...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Freedom Is the Best Revenge | 12/16/1991 | See Source »

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