Aga Khan Mausoleum

Aga Khan Mausoleum is the Mausoleum of the spiritual leader of the Ismailis, a Shia sect (as the Fatimid) based principally in India, The mausoleum has been built in honor of Sultan Mohammed Shah, Aga Khan III, Aga Khan Mausoleum situated in Aswan, It is a very elegant pink granite structure of late 1950 origin, which also look like the Fatimid tombs in Cairo.

Members of this sect consider themselves to be the direct spiritual of the Fatimid, Aga Khan Mausoleum has an excellent view, including Aga Khan's white villa below, and is near the Monastery of St. Simeon's on the west bank at Aswan, His wife still lives in the villa three months of the year.

The Aga Khan was extremely wealthy, On his birthday in 1945 he was weighed in diamonds which then distributed to his followers, Everyday his widow "Om Habibeh" was placing a Red Rose on his white Carrara marble tomb at the Villa, She popularly referred to as "The Begum" died on July 1st, 2000, The other months a gardener fills this function and it has been rumored that at one point not a single rose could be found in Egypt, so for almost a week roses were flown in from Paris by private jet.

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