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    الحسيني, romanized: Shāh Karīm al-Ḥusaynī; born 13 December 1936; known as Aga Khan IV (Persian: آقا خان چهارم, romanized: Āqā Khān Chāram), is the 49th and...
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  • The Aga Khan Award for Architecture (AKAA) is an architectural prize established by Aga Khan IV in 1977. It aims to identify and reward architectural...
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    the Geneva-based Aga Khan Foundation (founded in 1967 by Prince Sadruddin's nephew Karim Aga Khan IV) to form the Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan Fund for the...
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  • Khan IV by Queen Elizabeth II in 1957 upon the death of his grandfather the Aga Khan III. His Highness Prince Shah Karim Al-Hussaini, The Aga Khan IV (b...
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    particularly the Chief Black Eunuch Mustafa Ağa, nourishing these fears to control him. Eventually, Mustafa Ağa spread stories that he was insane and secured...
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    Mehmed IV (Ottoman Turkish: محمد رابع, romanized: Meḥmed-i rābi; Turkish: IV. Mehmed; 2 January 1642 – 6 January 1693), also known as Mehmed the Hunter...
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    Mosque". The original architect was Davut Ağa, an apprentice to the great Mimar Sinan. However, Davut Ağa died in 1599 and was replaced by Dalgıç Ahmed...
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    court architect Koca Kasım Ağa, but the construction works began under the supervision of another court architect, Mustafa Ağa, in the last months of 1660;...
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    the body guard of the Sultan, a rank equivalent to that of the Janissary Ağa.[citation needed] When Chelebi Lütfi Pasha became Grand Vizier in 1539, he...
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    by Kösem Valide Sultan, the mother of the Ottoman sultans Murat IV and Ibrahim. The han is located in the central historic market district that extends...
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