Rahim Aga Khan

Prince Rahim Aga Khan (رحیم آغا خان; born 12 October 1971) is the eldest son of Prince Karim Aga Khan and his first wife Princess Salimah Aga Khan. He graduated from Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts, in 1990 and from Brown University in the United States in 1995 and is involved in the Aga Khan Development Network's economic development institutions, as part of the Aga Khan Fund for Economic Development. On 26 April 2013 Aga Khan IV announced the engagement of Prince Rahim Aga Khan, to Kendra Spears (Princess Salwa Aga Khan).[1] The couple married on 31 August 2013 in a private ceremony held at Bellerive Castle on the shores of Lake Geneva, Switzerland. The bride took the name Princess Salwa. [2] He and Princess Salwa announced the birth of their first child, a boy named Prince Irfan, in April 2015.[3] Their second son Prince Sinan was born on 2 January 2017 in London, United Kingdom. [4] In 2019 he bought a house in Unstad, in Vestvågøy, in Lofoten, in Norway.[5][6]

Prince Rahim Aga Khan
BornPrince Rahim Aga Khan
(1971-10-12) 12 October 1971
Geneva, Switzerland
Spouse
Kendra Spears
(
m. 2013)
Issue
  • Prince Irfan Aga Khan
  • Prince Sinan Aga Khan
FatherPrince Karim Aga Khan
MotherSarah Croker-Poole
ReligionNizari Ismaili Shia Islam

References

  1. "The Aga Khan Announces the Engagement of His Eldest Son". AKDN. 2013-04-26. Retrieved 2013-08-31.
  2. "The wedding of Prince Rahim and Miss Kendra Salwa Spears". TheIsmaili.org. 2013-08-31. Retrieved 2013-08-31.
  3. "The Ismaili". 2015-04-14. Retrieved 15 April 2015.
  4. "First photographs of Prince Sinan". 2 March 2017.
  5. Johansen, Bente H. (2020-07-12). "Prins Rahim Aga Khan kjøpte hus i Lofoten – nå skal det renoveres". NRK (in Norwegian Bokmål). Retrieved 2020-07-12.
  6. "Prins får grønt lys for å renovere «surfebolig» i Lofoten". e24.no (in Norwegian Bokmål). Retrieved 2020-07-13.
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