Nairobi, 29 November 2012 - Mawlana Hazar Imam and Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga marked the signing of an important agreement between the Aga Khan Trust for Culture and the Government of Kenya to rehabilitate Nairobi City Park. The 60-hectare heritage site is a natural preserve and an important cultural asset whose restoration can contribute to improving quality of life in ...
Group 1 families among breeding stock draft. Thanks to the sale in recent years of future Group 1 performers and producers such as Siyouma (dual Gr 1 victrix), Shawanda (dam of St Leger hero Encke) and Zarinia (dam of champion South African filly Igugu), the Aga Khan Studs have earned a well-deserved reputation as a source of top class breeding and ...
Nairobi, Kenya, 29 November 2012 - At a ceremony held at the National Museum in Nairobi, an agreement was signed between the Government of Kenya and the Aga Khan Trust for Culture for the rehabilitation of Nairobi City Park. ...
Declan has been long established as one of the leading flat jockeys in Ireland for the last 15 years. The Aga Khan Studs have today announced the appointment of Declan McDonogh as their retained jockey for His Highness the Aga Khan's horses in training with John Oxx for the 2013 flat season. Declan has been long established as one of the ...
[S]topping a productive initiative simply because it might go on another six months or it might require additional financing, is extremely short sighted. What is important, is to complete it, to complete it well ... AKDN.ORG The first lesson we learnt, is that these spaces -- historic cities, open spaces -- these are the spaces where the poorest people of society ...
"Give good advice to everyone who seeks your counsel, and do not seek the counsel of anyone except the advice of one who is sincere and intelligent." "Nothing is correct if you avoid consultation." "Nothing helps quite like consultation." "Do not let a mean person join your consultation, because he will limit your action; nor a coward, because he will make ...
The Aga Khan Studs have released their fees for the 2013 breeding season. At Gilltown Stud in Ireland: - AZAMOUR 10,000 Euros - DALAKHANI 25,000 Euros - SEA THE STARS 85,000 Euros At Haras de Bonneval in France: - REDOUTE'S CHOICE 70,000 Euros - SINNDAR 6,000 Euros - SIYOUNI 7,000 Euros AZAMOUR enjoyed Classic success when his unbeaten daughter Valyra won ...
NanoWisdoms is pleased to announce its e-mail new Quote and Reading Service for our visitors not on Facebook or Twitter. Several times a week, the NanoWisdoms Quote and Reading Service e-mails a short or extended quote from His Highness the Aga Khan speeches, interviews, or writings -- or from earlier Shia and Ismaili Imams (pbut), the Holy Prophet (pbuh) or the ...
Introduced by Malik Merchant On an occasional basis Simergphotos will publish an historical illustration which underlines an artistic, ethical, moral, religious or scientific theme. The following illustration was created/published in 1861, at just about the time the American Federal Goverment was making the abolition of slavery a Civil War goal. c1861: The American Declaration of Independence illustrated / Fabronious ; ...
By Nadir Mackwani "Jigsaw puzzles help toddlers to develop their concentration, patience, sense of logic and observation. They allow their players to observe the picture in all its details, even the smallest...I hope the idea will receive a warm welcome from the Ismailis." The box set containing the 1000 Jigsaw Puzzle pieces for the Rock of Alamut, manufactured by Sindbad Puzzle. ...
News story -- The Institute of Ismaili Studies (IIS) hosted a panel presentation at the 2012 Middle Eastern Studies Association of North America (MESA) conference held in Denver, Colorado, USA from 17th-20th November 2012. The panel entitled, Social Aspects of the Fatimid Experience, built on last year's panel, Fatimid Studies, as part of the Institute's ongoing work in the field of Shi'i ...
Geneva, Switzerland, 21 November 2012 - The members of the Master Jury of the Aga Khan Award for Architecture were announced today. The Jury, which independently selects the recipients of the US$ 1 million Award, will convene in January 2013 to select a shortlist from hundreds of nominated projects. The shortlisted projects will then be subject to rigorous on-site reviews by ...
Editor's note: This is the last in Simerg's 3-part series on Ismaili women in a remote village in Pakistan, adapted from Pam Henson's recent publication Women of Shimshal. Readers who are joining the series for the first time are invited to read the preceding parts by clicking:Remarkable Tales of Ismaili Women from Shimshal, a Remote Village in the Karakoram (I)Eid Festivities, ...
By Malik Merchant Editor, Simergphotos.com and Simerg.com President Barack Obama holds a Cabinet meeting in the Cabinet Room of the White House, July 26, 2012. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza) The White House is a serious place, where important legislative matters affecting the USA are handled on a daily basis. Amidst all the complex and tense situations which ...
Nutrition Centre -- The feeling of fullness is very difficult to measure, or even to understand, as there are many factors involved. Although some people believe that all calories are equal, researchers are finding that solid foods have some advantages over fluids. This article is part of a series by the Ismaili Nutrition Centre that examines evidence-based studies published in scientific ...
16 fillies and mares from the best families will be presented. The annual Goffs Breeding Stock Sale is soon to take place in Ireland on November 23rd and 24th. The Aga Khan Studs will be presenting their annual draft of mares and fillies, which usually attracts buyers from all horizons; this year should be no exception. To name but a few, ...
Kabul, Afghanistan, 12 November 2012 - The University of Central Asia's (UCA) Institute of Public Policy and Administration (IPPA), in cooperation with the Afghanistan Ministry of Foreign Affairs Institute of Diplomacy and Directorate General for Economic Cooperation, organised a symposium on "Trade Cooperation between Central Asia and Afghanistan" on 12 November 2012. The symposium opened with remarks delivered by Mr. Wahidullah ...
"I have come to America because your country is acknowledged to be the most progressive in the world and I have long wanted to see for myself its successful enterprises and great commercial centers" -- His Highness the Aga Khan III (1877-1957) A portrait of His Highness the Aga Khan which was produced in numerous American newspapers in the early 1900's. ...
News story -- Alumni from across North America met in Chicago for their annual meeting on 24-26 August on the topic of "Faith and Social Change." This year's meeting attracted a record number of participants, bringing together over 50 alumni from Canada and the United States. Speakers at the meeting included the Honourable Mobina Jaffer (Senate of Canada), Dr. Amyn Sajoo (Simon ...
Four winners in the Aga Khan draft. The sale in which future Group 1 French Champion Hurdle winner Mandali (Sinndar) was purchased will once again host an exciting delegation from the Aga Khan Studs. This year's draft includes four winners and a dual placed colt, all aged three. Alain de Royer Dupré will be sending three colts from the Aiglemont yard ...
News story -- The IIS is pleased to announce the publication of Itti'az al-hunafa' bi-akhbar al-a'imma al-Fatimiyyin al-khulafa' (Lessons for the Seekers of Truth on the History of the Fatimid Imams and Caliphs) by the great Mamluk-era historian Taqi al-Din al-Maqrizi (d.1442 CE). The Itti'az is perhaps the most important single primary source for the history of the Fatimids. Although the Fatimids ...
"Hiring a camel from an Arab for the thirteen day journey to Lahsa, I bade farewell to God's House," writes Naser-e Khosraw after his pilgrimage to Mecca. But as he sets out for home, his choice of itineraries lead to disaster. Khosraw gives his first grim look at the merciless deserts of Arabia and the predatory ways of the Arab Bedouin. ...
"When I succeeded my grandfather as Aga Khan in 1957, I was a student at Harvard -- but speaking mostly French. I got extra English practise, however, from my new official routine of regular communication with Africa and Asia and, in the bargain, was kept in great good humour by the amazing typographic errors which inevitably arose. But then computerised spell ...
His sons have recorded two Stakes wins in three days. Exciting three year-old SIR GRAHAM WADE took home the Listed Grand Prix de Nantes (2400m) when he battled his way through testing ground to score his first stakes win. The son of DALAKHANI had plenty left in store when he eased up and won by a length and a half, having ...
The unbeaten filly is out of the Aga Khan-bred Tashelka. TASADAY, a two year-old Nayef filly who is considered one of the best juvenile fillies in France, maintained her unbeaten record when adding the Gr. 3 Prix des Réservoirs to her two earlier victories over a mile at Chantilly. Having been ridden with just hands and heels, TASADAY lengthened her stride ...
By Shamas Nanjijuma (Exclusive to Simerg) The rooftop Islamic Garden at the London Ismaili Centre. Photo: Shamash Nanjijuma Collection. With a burbling fountain, delightful plants and flowers, the rooftop garden is one of the most striking parts of the Ismaili Centre in London, England. As Shellyza Moledina wrote in her piece for this website’s sister blog, Simerg.com, the rooftop garden ...
IC EVENT ON 6 November 2012 -- Ismaili Centre, London, 6 November 2012 - A commemorative dinner was hosted, together with a photo exhibition titled Russia and the Ismaili Muslims: Over a Century of Learning, marking a century since Mawlana Sultan Mahomed Shah visited Russia at the invitation of Tsar Nicholas II. The occasion also recalled the accounts of various Russian ...
"My third question concerns ways to improve the process of learning from the experiences of the voluntary sector. Traditionally jealous of their independence, many voluntary agencies are cautious about allowing scrutiny and promoting the replication of successful projects on a large scale. If the potential of private development agencies is to be realised and confidence in them is to grow, this ...
News story -- Dr Jalal Badakhchani, Research Associate in the Institute's Department of Academic Research and Publications presented a paper at the 'International Conference on the Scientific and Philosophical Heritage of Nasir al-Din Tusi' organised by Iran's Written Heritage Research Institute in collaboration with UNESCO, Iran National Library, Tehran University's Department of Research on History of Science and many other academic and ...
Over the past two years the NanoWisdoms Twitter quote service has broadcast several hundred quotes from His Highness the Aga Khan's speeches, interviews and writings. We are pleased to announce this collection of short quotes is now available on-line at NanoWisdoms, catalogued and organised by theme together with all sources as shown below. Combined with our extended quotes, published on Facebook, ...
"One of the most important lessons I have drawn from my experience of all manner of different countries in different stages of economic development and following different policies is the need, everywhere, for consistent management, in a stable framework. "All human endeavour, whether it be Government or private, economic, professional, social or artistic has three quite simple imperatives if it is ...
Compiled by Malik Merchant (Photographs and captions for this piece are from the Matson (G. Eric and Edith) Photograph Collection at the Library of Congress, USA. Introductory material on mainland Tanzania – then known as Tanganyika – and Zanzibar was compiled from Wikipedia) Zanzibar Zanzibar is composed of the Zanzibar Archipelago in the Indian Ocean, 25–50 kilometres (16–31 mi) off ...
Yaum-ul-Ghadir Mubarak! Eid Mubarak Everyone! Eid-e Gadhir is celebrated with great rejoicing by Shia Muslims where they remember Prophet Muhammad's last instructions to the believers. Eid-e-Ghadir is one of the most important days of rejoicing for Shia Muslims around the world as that was the day our beloved Prophet Muhammad (s.a.s.) declared Hazrat Ali's vicegerency at Ghadir e Khumm on his ...
"If we were to look at a map of the world that charted armed conflicts in the last 15 years, it would show that nearly two thirds have occurred in the developing countries of Asia and Africa. More than 80 per cent were internal conflicts, either full-blown civil wars or state-sanctioned aggression against minorities in those countries. In nearly every instance, ...
Photographers - Nina Jaffer and Gafoor Jaffer - Orlando Oct 2012 Photographer - Nina Jaffer - Orlando Oct 2011 Photographer - Nina Jaffer - Miami 2011 ...
In our classic series, I Wish I'd Been There, we had asked our readers to pick up one incident in Ismaili History which they would like to have witnessed. One of the thirty-one contributors for the series, Ismaili missionary (Alwaez), teacher and writer Jehangir Merchant, went back 1400 years to the beginnings of Islamic history and imaginatively constructed a picture of ...
"The AKDN Foundation is an umbrella organisation which coordinates the activities of over 200 agencies and institutions that make up the network, employing a total of 70,000 paid staff and 100,000 volunteers. The network operates in 35 of the poorest countries in the world and is statutorily secular. This tableau is of course merely a momentary snapshot of a constantly evolving ...
Stefan Aust / Erich Follath: Your Highness, in a lecture Pope Benedict XVI quoted Emperor Manuel as saying: "Show me just what Muhammad brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as a command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." This quotation from the 14th century has caused great uproar in ...
Compiled by Malik Merchant, Editor (On some browsers, please refresh page if only thumbnails appear) I. 1885: Enthronement at Age Seven as 48th Ismaili Imam November 2, 2015, marks the 138th birth anniversary of the 48th Ismaili Imam, His Highness the Aga Khan, Sir Sultan Mahomed Shah. Born in Karachi in 1877, he succeded his father, Imam Shah Aly Shah ...
Canada -- Edmonton, 24 October 2012 - Mawlana Hazar Imam and Alberta Premier Alison Redford signed an Agreement of Cooperation today between the Ismaili Imamat and the Government of Alberta. The agreement facilitates further collaboration in the areas of health sciences, education, the environment, forestry and natural resources management, culture, and private sector and economic development.Speaking at the signing, Premier Redford ...
