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The global philanthropist whose heart lay in Nairobi

President Daniel Arap Moi chats with His Highness the Aga Khan in October 1986.

His full name was quite mouthful and could hardly ring a bell to many; His Highness Prince Karim Al-Hussaini Aga Khan IV.

But to millions of people all over the world, he was simply the Aga Khan, or 'Commanding Chief', a hereditary title given to the 46th Imam of the Shia Ismaili Muslims, Hasan Ali Shah Aga Khan by Fath Ali Shah, a 19th Century monarch.

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