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This pink granite mausoleum in Aswan was built for the spiritual leader of the Ismailis, a Shiite sect in 1957. The Agha khan was educated in Europe and succeeded his father in 1885 to become the 48th Imam, his son succeeded him upon his death in 1957, and then by his grandson, Karim, Agha Khan IV, members of this sect consider themselves to be the direct spiritual descendants of the Fatimid.Packages
