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Show II IIAga AgaKhan Aga Ihan Khan ( Leads 100,000,000 100000000 , , , , Moslems Moslellls 111 II i iBy By WILLIAM C . UTLEYHE UTLEYH UTLEYE UTLEY UTLEYTE ' TE E IS the political leader of HE H | 100,000,000 100000000 , , , , persons In Indiaalone Indiaalone India _ JL alone , and the spiritualleader spiritualleader spiritual spiritualleader leader of ot 70,000,000 70000000 70,1x10,000 701x10000 , , , , per persons personsin personsin ons onsIn In central ntral Asia , , Africa Afrlc'l Afrlcl Afrlci ' , , Arabia anJthe anJ anJthe anJthe the Orient-yet Orient yet Orient - - yet he has not a n I.lng Ilng king I.lngdom kingdom . kingdom dom of a single acre . , . To his folIo followers " ers he lie Is as holy as asthe asthe astlie the Pope la Is to his his-yet his yet - - yet he Is oneof one one.of oneof .of of . tho the most notorious sportsmen of ofthe ofthe ofthe the world . nis ills His Income Is more than $3 3 $3000,000 3000000 93000 $ 000 , , 000 a year , . his houses aie ale are veritablepalacas veritable veritablepal'lcps veritablepalacps pal'lcps pallcps palacas ' , he Is able to shower glftq gifts glftqot giftsof giftsof ot of fine silks sUks , fabulous jewels and andc"Cqulslte ande'cquistte andexquisite c"Cqulslte cCqulslte e'cquistte ecquistte " ' furs upon whomever he hepleasesand hepleases hepleasesand pleases-and pleases and pleases--and - - - and he Is happily happlly married marriedto to the daughter duughter of a n small town to " n hotel ho hotel hotel tel manager In Fiance Fl'1nce Fl1nce Ftince ' . . He lie Is the direct descendant descend'lnt descendlnt ' of a amajor amajor amajor major prophet-yet prophet yet prophet - yet he won't wont ' ' bet ona on ona ona a race horse , , even een esen e\ e \ en one from his own$5,000,000 own5000000 own $5,000,000 5000000 $ , , , stringSuch strln string stringSuch Such enigmatic cideI1 : ; sidelights cidellghts hts on thisphenomenal this this'phenomenal thisphenomenal 'phenomenal phenomenal ' personality personaHty might be re recorded recorded recorded corded for column after column colUllln lie Ie He [ tance Lance , , for tho the three "books books " " which whichthey whichthey whichthey they are credited with having handcd hand handed handed ed don down n Moses Introduced thelaws the theJaws thelaws Jaws laws , Jesus the gospel , . and Mohammed Mohammed Moham [ med the Koran , or the scriptures asreveiled as asreve'lJed asrevealed reve'lJed revelJed reveiled ' to him by Allah AJhh A11ih ( God ) The TheIsmallls TheIsmaills TheIsmallls Ismallls Ismaills differ dilrer from the other otherbranch otherbranch otherbranch branch . of .ot ot Mohammedanism Mohammed'lnlsm Mohammedlnlsm ' , , theSun1s the theSunis theSunis Sunis Sun1s chiefly In the recognition of ofcertain ofcertain ofcertain certain apostles of ot MohammedHis Mohammed MohammedIlls Ills His direct descent from the "la la "last last "lastof "lastof lastof " t tof of the prophets " . was v.ns vns responsibe responsible responsiblefor responsibefor ] for the most colorful lolorful part p'lrt plrt ' of the thepresent thepresent I present semi centennial celebration celebrationof I Iof of the Ago Ag'1 Ag1 ' Khan's Khans Kh'ln's Khlns ' ' ' reign This Tbls was wasthe wasthe the recent pith bath 1th ' ceremony . . A goldcoach gold goldcoach goldcoach coach , drm drawn : n by b the Aga's Agas Ag'l'S AglS Agi's Agis ' ' ' magnlfi magnifi magnlficent magnificent magnlficent cent horses , and climaxing cllm'1xmg cllm1xmg ' a gre'lt grelt greet gre'ltpal'lde greetpatide greatpaiade ' pal'lde pallde patide ' several seeral se\ se \ eral miles long , , set outfrom outfiom out outflom flom from his place plnce to tht the : pearl peurl mosque mosquethe , . the believers prostrating prostr'lting prostrlting ' themselves themselvesby themselvesby by the thousands thous'lnds thouslnds ' along tlie the line of ofm'lrch ofmirch ofmarch m'lrch mlrch mirch ' Ihe 1he 'the the ' ' coach contained cont'llned contllned eontilned ' thathoi tlt'lt tltlt thit tlt'lthol thitholy ' hol holy ; of hollos holies , , the Aga Khan Kh'1n Kh1n Rhin ' . , In Inhis Inhis Inhis his ceremonial bath The waterwas W'ltcr Wltcr water waterwas ' was \ as scented " with "ith ith priceless attarfound att'lr attlr attar att'lrfound attarfound ' found In hithebath the buth bath of Mumta/- Mumta Mumtal Mumtai Mumtathe ' / - , the , , - - - - - - - - - - - - c c . r ra w r . a 9 9a a A y yf4 f4 / 9et ? . s t r ry y yny @ / y Y S ; yn/ yn / ' m y x r c Jar 4 a { rw rwc rwc c : ' . 9 9g g c ? > ' y t * a\ a aM \ M d dr of ofM ofx x r r M \ : t f f7xN ' ' 7xN , f,6y f6y ' , xs ) yae 9 9G /G G ' / Gk 9 k % wA t tC C s ' \ \ , ' CN " , C h hwb,4 ' wb,4 wb4 , a aw w r5 y " 'r r ' / ! a wa . he we . ik s sThe The Aga Khan Is shown here In the 1936 edition of his annui11 annual "weighIng "weIgh weIgh "weIghing " ing In " ceremony , when his followers present him with his weight In Ingold ingold gold He weighed more thi1n than $100000 100000 $ worth this year . , Is the Ago Ag'l Agl Agi ' Khan , Sultan Su1tnn , Sir l\lo l lo .110 110 llohammed \ . Mohammed .110hammed hammed Shah Sh'1h Sh1h ' , , the religious potentate poten potentate potentote tate tote over 0er 0\ 0 \ er tlie the folloel followers follow follo\\ follo \ el eis s of the Ish Ishmalll Ishmaul Ishmaili malll maul branch of the Iohammef1'1n Iohammef11n Mohammedin Mohammedinfaith Mohammedanfaith Iohammef1'1nfaith ' faith , , and as tlie the de descendant < : ccn 'lnt lnt ' of the theprophet theprophet theprophet prophet himself hlmsekf , , forty fOl foit t ; el eight ht tlme times timesremoved timesremoved reruOcd removed reruO\ reruO \ cd is to them the represent'l representl represents represent'ltn representstie represcntative ' tn tie e of God on earthFiftieth earthFiftieth earth earthFiftieth Fiftieth Year of Leadership LeadershipThe LeadershipThe LeadershipThe The iear year ear 193G ID3G 1036 tlie the fiftieth firtllth of suchdhlne suchdivine such suchdh dh dhlne Ine ambassadoiship ambacsidotship amua 'ldol ldol ' ship by hy the Aga AgaKhan AgaIilian AgaKhan Khan Iilian , , Is being made m'lI1e mlI1e ' the occ'tsion occtsion occasion occ'tsionfor occasionfor occasionfor ' for elaborate and ccicmonious ceremonious cel emODlOllS cele celebratiollS celebrations celebratlons bratiollS brations wherever hereer whereser \ here\ here \ er tliere there arc 'lrp lrp irr ' believ-crs believ crs belle\ belle bellev belleers \ " . , - ers in the Ismaill IsmmU Ismatli filth fllth ' from f'rom the thefar thefar thefar far tlun flung . ; corners of tlie the \ world orld aI ate atepouring aiepouring e epouring pouring In voluntary volunt'lrv voluntlrv ' tributes trlhute , ; ofeven of ofeven ofeven even bi'c'11 bic11 bre'lter brelter greater ' ' ' ! ' value v.llue vllue . and more m'tg mtg mig m'tgnlficent mignificent magnificent ' nlficent nificent splendor than tlie the re regular regularannual regularannual ular ularannual annual tributes tnIJutes which wshkch \ hlch tlie the Kor'ln Korln Koran Kor'lnsas Koransass Koransavs ' sa\s sa s sass \ must amount to 21,4 214 2 % , per cent centof centof centof of the tIle Income of e\ e every ery \ \ry ry ( \ Ismaill Ism'llll Ismllll Ismiili ' 1 ' 'hey hey 'heyare Theyare heJ heJare are being bemg stored in the Aga < \ ga 'l l ' lIalt hail lIaltIn hailin HallIn In Bombay Bombw , tliere there to await a'lIt awsit a\\ a \ 'lIt lIt ' redis redis'I redistrrbution redistnbution ' tnbutlon trrbution to charity , . , educational educ.ltlonal educltlonal . andsocial and andsocia andsocial 'I I 'Itnbutlon socia social ] Institutions or the A Aga's Agas Act's Acts 1's 1s ' . ' ' r'lC rlC ric r'lCin ricing racing ' ing in stables and palatial vl1lusMost villasMost villas vl1lus villasMost Most of the enormous PO\\ PO power POer \ er the theAga theAga theAga Aga Khan Kh'ln Khln Khin ' 0\ 0 owes 0es . \ es to Ills his patcrn'll patcrnll paternal patcrn'llgrandfather paternalgrandfather paternalgrandfather ' grandfather , , . Hasan Ihs.J.Il IhsJ.Il IhsJIl Hisan . . All Shah , . Ag'l Agl Agi Ag'lKhan AgiKhan Ag AgKhan ' Khan I , . who was nas born in Pprslu J'prsla Jprsla Persia ' lr1800 In 1800 and clnd died In India in 18S1 1881 Aa Aga AgaKhin AgaKhan , : Kh'ln Khln Khin ' I traced Ills his ancestrv nncestrv ancestry back backinto backinto backInto into prehistoric prehlctoric ; Persia and hack back to tothe tothe t tthe < the Beni Benl BenIratimite ratlmlte f'atlmlte fatlmlte ' caliphs c'1l1phs c1l1phs ciliphs ' whcfounded who whofounded \ . ho hofounded founded Cairo In 'C C ' Dgypt Eg pt and anti were werethe \ weitthe el e ethe the sons of ' Fatlma l'aUm'l laUml I'atimi Iatimi ' ' , , the daughter of ofMohammed ofMohammed ofMohammed ofMohammedIIasan Mohammed MohammedHasin IIasan Hasin as'ln asln ' All AU ruled over a provlnc proInce provlncof pro\ pro Pros \ Ince Inceof inceof < of Persia perhaps perllaps too \ wisely wwiceiy I ely and andwell ancwell well \ ell , . for when he defended his pea peo peape peopie pe pie ] against Cl ciuel cruel uel and oppress\ oppress oppresse oppressise oppresst'l oppressisetaxes oppresslvtaxes ! \ e ( t'l tl taxes ' .es es > . imposed b by rateh f'lteh flteh riteh ' ' All Shahhe Shah , he incurred the moital mOlt'll mOltll moltil ' wrath wr'lth wrlth ' ofthat of ofthat o : that ruler of all aU Persia Persl'l Persll Persii ' Because Becausehe Becausebe Becausehe he be had bad been tlie the Shah s friend , , how however however however ever , , he was W'1S W1S wis ' alIo\\ alIo allowed alIoed \ ed to escape esc'lpe esclpe escipe ' duro dur- dur durlag duroIng durIng - Ing lag the civil clvlt war which follo\\ follo followedHasan followed follod followednasan \ \d d ( \ dIInsan nasan IInsan Hasan All , by this time an old oldman oldman olman ( man , lied tled tied through Afghanistan to toBomb'lY toBombiy t < Bombay Bomb'lY BomblY Bombiy ' , where he settled sett1ed He of- of offered offered of - fcred fered himself In sen service sersice lee to the Brit Brit- British . - Ish army In Afghanistan and nnd amongthe among amongthe amon ; the frontier tribes His offers wereaccepted wen were wereaccepted wenaccepted accepted , , but held as of little llttle 1m Im Importance 1mportance portance , until It became hno\\ hno hnon known hnothat knownthat \ n that this first of ot the Aga Khanswas Khans Khanswas , was receiving voluntary tribute tributeyear tributeyear year after year from all points over overIndia overIndia India And when It was \ . as dlt di discovered discoveredthat > covered coveredthat , that regular contributions were also alsop.ourlng alsi alsipouring alsopouring pouring p.ourlng pourlng . in from trom many other oriental orientalcountries orientalcountries . countries and from Africa , John Johnnull's JohnBull's JoinBull's JoinBulls \ null's nulls Bull's Bulls ' colonial colonlaJ representatives be began began began gan to realize reaU7e realise that the holy leader leaderof leaderof of Ismaill Ism'llll Ismllll Ismaili ' was a rippin rippln ripptn ' ' good mun man munto manto to have on their side He Be did themn thema them a n lot of good before his Ills death de'lth delth ' , , too tooSecond tooSecond Second Aga Dies Early . . The first Aga Khan Khan's Khans ' ! : . good workwas work workwas wor : ' . AgKhan AgaKb.1n AgaKban was carried on by his son , Aga Kb.1n Kb1n Kban . II , who lived l\ed l ed Ilsed ! \ only four years yearsatter yearsafter yearafter atter after his father fathers s death Aga Khan KhanIII KhanIII III was only eight years old when whenhe whenIle whe whehe he Ile succeeded to PO\\ PO power POer \ er . . I Ever ver since he \ was as a \ very sery ery young youngm'ln youn man m'ln mln mow ' , , the present Aga Aba has ruled hi his hisfollowcrs hisfollowers followers followcrs in their religious and und po ( llticul litical political 11 kindlyTo tical affairs affalrs \ wisely I ely and und kindly kindl ; ' To them lie he Is a 1 i ' fit descendant descenl1llnt of ofthe ofthe c the prophet prophetThe The Mohammedan religion reURlon recog recognizes rcco reco ; ; nizes nlzes many prophets , , IH beginning beginnlnh ' IDnln , ; with \ witAdam ith ithAdam Adam There are arc three , . howeser hoe how ho\\ ho \ e\ e ecr evewhich \ cr , . which are ure of outstandlni o\llstaudlnJ o llstaudlnJ outstanding \ : ; ImlOr Imuor- Imuor Imoo { . - . Mogul \Iogul Iogul : \ queen fJucen \ whose hose memory is perpetttited per perpetu'lted perpetuated petu'lted petulted petttited ' In tlie the \ wonderful on erful monn mono monoment monnment monument ment that UI'lt UIlt thit ' Is the Taj T'lj Tlj Ti ' Mahal I'lhal Ilhal ' It h'ld hld had h'ldbeen hadbeen hadbeen ' been acquired 1cfJulred icquired ' hv by the khojas hhoj'ls hhojls hhojis ' , , thefibulously the thef'lblllollslV thefabulously f'lblllollslV flblllollslV fibulously ' sseolth \ wealthy e'llth ellth ' } cotton prlDces princes princesof prlDcesof princesof of Bombay Domu'lY DomulY ' . . Millions for Bath Water . . As the co ich rch ue'll uell belt beamio ' an in ; tlie the Agl1 Agn AgnKhan Agl1Kh'1n AgaKhan Kh'1n Kh1n Khan ' passed p'tssed ptssed pissed ' solemndo solemnly solemn\ solemn snlemnl ! \ % do\\ do down don \ n the theplOcec thepiocecskouil thepiocesslonal piocecskouil plOcec : ; lolJ'll lolJll ' avenue 'l\"enne 'l l "enne enne ' \ " , , he sprinkled\vatei sprinkled vatei sprlnb.lec sprlnblec sprinkled sprinkledniter . ] niter \ \ 'ltel ltel ' from Ills his bath upon the pi pros prostrite piostiate os ostl'lte tl'lte tllte trite ' subjects In their gntJtude gratitude gratitudethen gntJtudethe gntitiidethev the\ the then theg'1 \ g'1\ g'1 g1 gave g'1e give ' . \ e him "e\ "e e "eCI " eycial esetil \ CI 11 ' million milluJO dol dolhrs dollirs dotlars hrs lirs in tribute trllmte that th'lt thlt thit ' night D1ght nightI nightThis 'Ihls Ihls This I ' Ills linpoitint ImpOItmt kntpottant felhmho fellow felhm , , who \\ho ho w \ ho hasthe has hasthe liastlie the poitl poitly pOI tl mien ' and 'lnd lnd general gener'll generll ' 'lppe'lr lppelr ippeir 'lppe'lr'lnee ippeirince ' appearance ' 'lnee lnee ince ' of a aa \\a\ a \ 11 \ \ aStreet all } \ Street broker brob.er brober . and andyet and anel andet yet et joins joms tlie the most humble of hisfollowers his hisfollo hisfollowers follo\\ follo folloers followers \ ers In heatln beating his eliest dlest chest un untII untIl until tII tIl the blood hlood cOllle comes < ; in e estremels estremelsemotional extremelyemotion treme1\ treme1 treme1emotion \ emotion emotional il 11 t I icliglous el1glo11s elrglous rites Is its a 1 ' \ walkIng 'llk llk ilk 'llkIng ilklog ' Ing log rejection of the theory that man , , he Issued another that was 'lr lr far 'lrmore ' farmore farmore more a test of his power POcr PO\\ PO \ cr A plague plagueravaged plagueravaged plagueravaged ravaged India In 1897 1807 fhous'lnds fhouslnds rhousinds fhous'lndsupon rhousindsupon Ihousandsupon ' upon thousandsvere thousands were \vere vere \ dying bec'luse becluse because bec'lusethey becausethey becausethey ' they refused retused to be Inoculated withprotective wIth wIthprotective withprotective protective serum They revolted re\olted re olted resolted \ at atthe atthe atthe the thought The young Aga Ana went wentabout \ wentabout ent entabout about among them 11lem , explaining e"Cpl'1lnlng eCpl1lnlng erplilning " ' tI1e the tI1eabsolute theabsolute theabsolute absolute nc necessity .esslty esslty < . for Inocuhtlon Inoeulition InocuhtlonTo InoeulitionTo InoculationTo To their amazement nm'l7Cment nml7Cment amirement ' he bared hisown his hisown hisown own body time after time and ac accepted ac- ac accepted accepted - cepted the prick pride of the needle to toshow toshow . show them he would not asl ask . themto them themto themto themI I to do an any anything thing he hc wouldn't wouldnt wouldn.t ' . do him 111m- 111m him- 111mselt himself himself - ! self selt . . 4 'Lhelr Lhelr 'their their ' . heir superstitions |