Last farewell this morning in Lisbon, at the Ismaili center, to Karim Aga Khan 5th.
A private and spiritual ceremony, broadcast by the Ismaili TV channel, with the religious community of about 15 million believers in the world at its center. In the front row, the family, the second-born Rahim, 53, designated as the new imam, Aga Khan 5th, with his two children, Karim's brother Amyn and the other children, the first-born Zahra - very present in the activities in Costa Smeralda and the other two males, Husayn and Ali, the youngest born from the second marriage.
More than 300 guests attended, including Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, the Emir of Qatar Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani, Portuguese President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa and the former King of Spain Juan Carlos I, a personal friend of Karim Aga Khan, as well as several diplomatic delegations.
According to the Ismaili community, his remains will be laid to rest tomorrow in a "private burial ceremony" in Aswan, southern Egypt. A ceremony to pay homage to the deceased's son, the 50th Imam of the Ismailis, a private ritual marking the entry of their new spiritual leader, will take place Tuesday at the community's headquarters, a private palace in central Lisbon.
In Gallura, in conjunction with the funerals, Arzachena and Santa Teresa have proclaimed a day of mourning. This evening there will be a moment of recollection in the church of Stella Maris in Porto Cervo.