| Show II Aga ga Khan IGloo Leads III By WILLIAM C. C UTLEY C IS the political l leader ader of HE H persons In India alone and the spiritual leader Jeader of persons In central Asia Africa Arabia and the Orient yet OrIent yet he has not a kin kingdom kingdom king king- dom dour of a n single JIngle acre acree To his followers he lie Is as ns holy as ns the Pope is to his yet his yet he Is one of ot the most notorious sportsmen of the world His Income Is more than 1000 a 11 a year ear his hips houses are veritable palaces he Is able to shower gifts of fine silks fabulous Jewels and exquisite furs fors upon whomever he pleases and pleases and he is happily married to the daughter at f a town small hotel hotel hotel ho ho- tel man manager ger In France He Is the direct descendant of a major prophet yet prophet yet he wont won't bet on ona ona onn a n race horse even one from his own string Such enigmatic sidelights on this phenomenal personality might be r recorded recorded re re- corded for column after column He tance for the three books which the they are credited with having handed handed hand hand- ed down Moses Introduced Introduce 1 the laws Jaws Jesus the gospel and Mohammed Mohammed me med 1 the Koran or the scriptures as ns revealed to him b by Allah God The differ from the tho other branch of Mohammedanism the chiefly hley In the recognition of certain apostles of Mohammed Ills His direct descent from the last of the prophets was ns responsible for the most colorful part of the thc present semi-centennial semi celebration of the Aga Khans Khan's reign This was the recent bath ceremony A gold coach drawn b by the Agas Aga's magnificent magnificent cent horses and climaxing a great parade several se miles long set out from his place to th the pearl mosque the believers prostrating themselves by the thousands 1 s along ulong the line of f march The coach contained that holy of holies the Aga Khan Itan In his ceremonial bath The water was ns scented with priceless attar found In the bath of Mumtaz the s 11 Yg r rf f ti x 1 k i ir r NIA p The Aga Khan Is shown here In the 1936 edition of his annual weighing weighing weighing weigh ing In In ceremony when his followers present him with his weight in gold He weighed more than worth this year Is Is' the Aga Khan Sultan Sir Mohammed Mohammed Mo Mo- Io- Io hammed Shah the religious potentate potentate potentate poten poten- tate over the followers of the Ish Ish- malU branch of the Mohammedan faith and as ns the descendant of the tho prophet himself fortel forty eight ht times removed Is to them the representative live Uve of God on earth carth Fiftieth Year of Leadership The year ear 1930 1036 the fiftieth of such divine h by the Aga Khan han Is being made th the occasion for elaborate and ceremonious celebrations celebrations cele cele- wherever there are believers ers In the Ismail Ismaili faith From the far lung corners corner of the world are pouring In voluntary tributes of even greater value a ue and more mag magnificent splendor than the re regular lIjar annual tributes which the Koran Kornn sa says s 's s must amount to 2 ti per cent of the Income of ever every Ismaili They are being stored In the A Aga a Hall hail HallIn In Bombay there to await redistribution redis redis- to charity educational and social Institutions or the Agas Aga's racing racIn racing rac rac- In ing stables and palatial villas Most of the enormous power the Aga Khan owes to Ills his paternal grandfather Hasan All Shah Aga Khan I who was born In Persia In 1800 and died In India In n 1831 Aga Agn Khan I traced his ancestry back into prehistoric Persia and back t to the Benl Benl Beni Ia caliphs who founded Cairo in E Egypt lt and were the sons of I Fatima the daughter of Mohammed Hasan All AU ruled ov over r a n a province of Persia perhaps too wi wisely ely and well for when he defended his people people peo peo- pIe against cruel and oppressive taxes Imposed b by Fateh All Ali Shah he be Incurred the mortal wrath of that ruler of all an Persia Because he be had been the Shahs Shah's friend however however how how- ever he was allowed to escape durIng during dur dur- lu ing g the civil war which followed Hasan All AU b by this time an nn old man tIed lied through Afghanistan to Bombay where he settled He offered offered offered of of- himself In service to the BritIsh Brit Brit- British Brit ish army In Afghanistan and among the frontier tribes His offers were accepted but held as of little BUle Importance Im lm- until It became known that this first of the Aga Khans was receiving voluntary tribute year after year from Crom all points over I India And when It was discovered that regular contributions were also pouring In from many other oriental countries and und from Africa John Bulls Bull's colonial representatives began began began be be- gan to realize that the holy leader er of Ismaili was a good man manto manto I to have on their side He lie did them thema a lot of good before his death too Second Aga ADa Dies Early The first Aga Khans Khan's good work worl was carried on by his son Aga Khan II H who lived only four years after his fathers father's death A Aga n Khan III was only eight years old when he succeeded to power Ever since he be was a n very cry young man the present Aga Agn has ruled his followers In their religious and political po po- affairs wisely and kindly To o them he Is a fit alt descendant of the prophet The l Mohammedan rell religion lon recognizes many prophets beginning with Adam There are three however which are of outstanding Mogul Io ul queen whose memory Is perpetuated perpetuated perpetuated per per- in the wonderful monument monument monument ment that Is the Taj raj Mahal I It had been acquired by y the the fabulously wealthy cotton princes of Bombay Millions r for r Bath Water As the tile coach bearing the A Aga n Khan Ihan passe passed solemnly down the processional avenue he sprinkled water from his bath upon the prostrate prostrate pros pros- subjects In their gratitude the they gave him several beveral million dollars dol dol- dollars lars in tribute that night This important Im fellow who has the portly mien ralen and general appearance appear appear- appearance ance of a Wall Street broker and yet jet et Joins the most humble of his followers In beating heating his chest until until un un- til the ul blood od comes In extremely emotional rell religious lous rites is a wallIn walk walk- In tug lug rejection of ot the theory that man he be Issued another that was far Car more a test of his power A plague ravaged rn India In 1897 Thousands s upon thousands were dying because they refused to be Inoculated with protective s serum rum They revolted at atthe atthe atthe the thought The young Aga went about among them explaining the absolute necessity for Cor Inoculation To their amazement he bared his own body time after time and accepted accepted accepted ac ac- ac- ac the prick pride of the needle to show them he ho would not ask them to do anything he wouldn't do him self Their superstitions were we're were broken bro ken Ien down they were Inoculated and I Ithe the plague was beaten What was probably the crisis In Inthe inthe I Ithe the establishment of his true power came a few jears later hater In another racial conflict Certain of at his followers fol fol- lowers deserted the Ismaili sect to toto toto toto to Join the Studs and three of at them were murdered In rell religious lous Indignation indignation tion of f their fellows At a wor word all an India could have been thrown Into mortal Internal combat The A Aga n Khan Klinn c- c excommunicated the killers from the church cur cursed ed them with denial of the burial rite and announced an nn- that If nn any more fighting brol broke e out he would resign as leader of on the spot Peace reigned from that moment Test of Power Comes When he was not keeping the peace pence among his people the Aga was establishing schools educational education education- al nl and medical centers hospitals libraries anti and other ther Institutions of learning and and and- culture often with money out of at his own pocket He personally collected to raise the college at AlI to university university uni uni- status He lie has tried In every way to abolish the depressed classes to raise the Indian to a n higher standard of living and to tose se secure ure for tor his country equal freedom freedom free free- dom with other British dominions Repeatedly this leader lender has bas appealed appealed ap ap- ap pealed peale 1 to the League of Nations for reco recognition of his people and others The Aga Agn Khan was in East Cast Africa ca when the World war broke C out He lIe directed his followers to support the British and was successful even whir Wh when l Turkey Turley entered the war on the side of the Central powers The Tile were aroused and showed tendencies toward sympathizing Ing with their fellow Moslems but lent their support once more mOIe to the British when whon the A Aga Ara a In a general order assured them that the allies had no quarrel with Islam the Mohammedan dan clan religion Itself Aga Khans Khan's Three Wives The Moslem religion permits a ama aman antau ma man to have hae three wives wl but he must produce an nn heir The Aga Aa Khan is now living with his third Be Begun Begum um or wife Ills first was his the Begum who never bore him his a child and with whom he was unhappy They separated separated sep sep- c early caily rl and two years ears ago she died Theresa an Italian princess whose line fine sculpture had been exhIbited exhibited exhibited ex ex- many places In Europe was his second wife She had one son which died at birth hirth but later bore another who Is the Aly Alj Khan nn and af y 5 x e n J J t f x The Aga Khan political or spiritual leader of at least people pictured with the present Begum Aga Khan and their recently- recently arrived son never neer the twain shall meet His Is Isa Isa Isa a tempered combination of or oriental and occidental culture and tion He was reared by a strict mother moth moth- er who had been a member of the Persian ro royal al family Ills stern tutoring his natural aptitude rind anti and Interest interest In in- hIs Ills real understanding of terest In his people stamped him as ns asa asu a u true leader when he be was only six six- teen Riots broke out between the Hindus us and l In Bom Bom- ua bay So fired with emotional hatred 1 were the masses a class first race war was In prospect The young oung Aga Khan Issued a command to his people that they were not to en er engage engage en- en gage gaJe In such racial fighting They bent over ocr backwards to obey his wish even to the extent that Mos Mos- Moslems lems lenus were Inviting Hindus home hume to dine with them In lu this Instance the Agas Aga's command command com com- mand was something the Ismaili could understand but four years jears later when he was still not a grown ro n the rightful heir hell to his father Theresa died In 1020 an and was burled In lu the family vaults at Monaco The Aga Khans Khan's present wife wICe he ho married In romantic fashion for a aman antan man of such nearly limitless means meems Their wedding was like a small smalltown smalltown town elopement elopement which which Indeed It really was for or It happened quietly and secretly In the little town hallof hall hallof I of Ies AIx In the French Alps The Cinderella story of this simple country girl called Andre Carron marrying an un oriental potentate gave ga rise to many fanciful tales I about their relationships but It is isa isa I a fact that the new Begum was an nn anold anold old alII friend of the family I Since his services In the World I war the Aga Asa Khan has hns become something of at n a lion In British society so so- clety and the presentation of the tho present Begum at ut the Court of at St S1 James Jumes was one of or the most pic pie picturesque social affairs of at recent years curs 0 Western ew pa 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