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oriental countries overtook him, and he incurred the mortal displeasure of Fateh Ali Shah. He fled from Persia and sought protection in British territory, preferring to See also:

settle down eventually in See also:

India, making Bombay his headquarters. At that period the first Afghan See also:

War was at its height, and in See also:

CROSSING

crossing over from Persia through See also:

AFGHANISTAN

Afghanistan the Aga Khan found opportunities of rendering valuable services to the British See also:

army, and thus See also:

CAST (from the verb meaning " to throw "; the word is Scand. in origin, cf. Dan. kaste, and Swed. kasta; " cast " in Middle Eng. took the place of the A.S. weor pan, cf. Ger. werf en)

cast in his See also:

lot for ever with the British. A few years later he rendered similar conspicuous services in the course of the See also:

SIND

Sind See also:

CAMPAIGN

campaign, when his help was utilized by See also:

Napier in the See also:

PROCESS

process of subduing the frontier tribes, a large number 'of whom acknowledged the Aga's authority as their spiritual See also:

head. Napier held his Moslem ally in See also:

GREAT

great esteem, and entertained a very high See also:

OPINION (Lat. opinio, from opinari, to think)

opinion of his political acumen and See also:

CHIVALRY (O. Fr. chevalerie, from Late Lat. caballerius)

chivalry as a See also:

LEADER, BENJAMIN WILLIAMS (1831– )

leader and soldier. The Aga Khan reciprocated the British See also:

COMMANDER

commander's confidence and friendship by giving repeated proofs of his devotion and See also:

ATTACHMENT

attachment to the British government, and when he finally settled down i,n India, his position as the leader of the large IsmaiIiah See also:

section of See also:

MAHOMMEDAN

Mahommedan British subjects was recognized by the government, and the title of His Highness was conferred on him, with a large See also:

PENSION (Lat. pensio, a payment, from pendere, to weigh, to pay)

pension.

From that time until his See also:

DEATH

death in 1881 the Aga Khan, while leading the life of a peaceful and peacemaking See also:

CITIZEN (a form corrupted in Eng., apparently by analogy with " denizen," from O. Fr. citeain, mod. Fr. citoyen)

citizen, under the protection of British rule, continued to See also:

DISCHARGE (adapted from the O. Fr. discharge, modern decharge, from a med. Lat. discargare, to unload, dis- and earn care, to load, cf. " charge ")

discharge his sacerdotal functions, not only among his followers in India, but towards the more numerous communities which acknowledged his religious sway in distant countries, such as Afghanistan, See also:

KHORASAN, or KHORASSAN (i.e. " land of the sun ")

Khorasan, Persia, See also:

ARABIA

Arabia, Central See also:

ASIA

Asia, and even distant See also:

SYRIA

Syria and See also:

MOROCCO

Morocco. He remained throughout unflinchingly loyal to the British Raj, and by his vast and unquestioned See also:

INFLUENCE (Late Lat. influentia, from influere, to flow in)

influence among the frontier tribes on the See also:

NORTHERN

northern See also:

BORDERS, THE

borders of India he exercised a See also:

CONTROL (Fr. contrdle, older form contre rolle, from Med. Lat. contra-rotulus, a counter roll or copy of a document used to check the original; there is no instance in English of the use of " control " in this, its literal, meaning)

control over their unruly passions in times of trouble, which proved of invaluable service in the several expeditions led by British arms on the See also:

north-See also:

west frontier of India. He was also the means of checking the fanaticism of the more turbulent Mahommedans in British India, which in times of internal troubles and misunderstandings finds vent in the shape of religious or political riots. He was succeeded by his eldest son, AGA KHAN II. This See also:

prince continued the traditions and See also:

WORK

work of his See also:

FATHER

father in a manner that won the approbation of the See also:

LOCAL

local government, and earned for him the distinction of a See also:

KNIGHTHOOD

knighthood of the See also:

Order of the See also:

INDIAN

Indian See also:

EMPIRE

Empire and a seat in the legislative See also:

COUNCIL (Lat. concilium, from cum, together, and the root cal, to call)

council of Bombay.

End of Article: AGA KHAN I

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