Aga Khan III (Mohammed Shah)
(1877-1957), Leader of the Ismailis and racehorse ownerSitter in 20 portraits
Born in Karachi (then British India and now Pakistan), Khan became the 48th Imam of the Shia Ismaili community, succeeding his father at just eight years old. Under the care of his mother, Khan received a well-rounded Islamic, eastern and western education, later attending Eton and Cambridge University. As a young man, he began dealing with the affairs of his community and in 1906 became a founding member and the first President of the All-India Muslim League, which promoted Muslim agendas and sought protection for Muslims rights in India. Khan was a proponent of Muslims achieving their vision of an independent state in what was to become Pakistan as well as an advocate for educational reforms in the subcontinent. He was also well-known as an owner and breeder of thoroughbred racehorses.
Sir Mancherjee Merwanjee Bhownaggree; Aga Khan III (Mohammed Shah)
by Benjamin Stone
platinum print, July 1902
NPG x44818
by Benjamin Stone
platinum print, July 1902
NPG x44817
Aga Khan III (Mohammed Shah); Benjamin Stone
by Benjamin Stone
platinum print, July 1902
On display in Room 24 on Floor 2 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG x44819
'Government Luncheon Party to Turkish Parliamentary Delegates at the Houses of Parliament'
by Benjamin Stone
platinum print, 22 July 1909
NPG x135603
'Luncheon Party to the Delegates of the Imperial Ottomon Parliament at the House of Commons'
by Benjamin Stone
platinum print, 22 July 1909
NPG x135604
'Luncheon Party to the Delegates of the Imperial Ottomon Parliament at the House of Commons'
by Benjamin Stone
platinum print, 22 July 1909
NPG x135605
by Elliott & Fry
half-plate negative, 1911
NPG x82377
by Walter Stoneman
bromide print, 1930
NPG x163440
by Unknown photographer, for Wide World Photos
bromide print, 27 June 1939
NPG x76568
by Dorothy Wilding
chlorobromide print on card mount, 1953
NPG x34991
by Dorothy Wilding
bromide print, 1953
NPG x4354
by Elliott & Fry
bromide print
NPG x86118
Aga Khan III (Mohammed Shah) ('Men of the Day. No. 938. "The Aga Khan"')
by Sir Leslie Ward
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 10 November 1904
NPG D45248
by Alexander ('Alick') Penrose Forbes Ritchie
colour relief halftone cigarette card, 1926
NPG D2651
by Edmond Xavier Kapp
lithograph, 1933-1936
NPG D32483
issued by Godfrey Phillips
colour relief halftone cigarette card, 1935
NPG D49046
by Unknown photographer, issued by Carreras Tobacco Company
colour relief halftone cigarette card, 1935
NPG D49303
issued by Gallaher Ltd
colour relief halftone cigarette card, 1936
NPG D48953
issued by Ardath Tobacco Company Limited, after Elliott & Fry
relief halftone cigarette card, 1937
NPG D49129
issued by W.D. & H.O. Wills
relief halftone cigarette card, 1937
NPG D49221
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