CONSTELLATION OF HONOURS OF HIS HIGHNESS AGA KHAN III
Titles 1818:
1886: 1949:
Aga Khan, Fath-Ali Shah Qajar, Shah of Persia (The hereditary honorific title was first bestowed on Hazrat Mawlana Aga Hasan Aly Shah, the 46th Ismaili Imam and successive Ismaili Imams - His Highness Agha Sultan Muhammad Shah became the third Aga Khan) His Highness, Her Majesty Queen Victoria of England His Royal Highness, His Imperial Majesty Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, Shah of Iran
Decorations Britain (British Empire - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland) 1898: 1902: 1911: 1916: 1923: 1934: 1955:
Knight Commander of the Indian Empire (KCIE), Queen Victoria Knight Grand Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire (GCIE), King Edward VII Knight Grand Commander of the Star of India (GCSI), King George V First Class Ruling Prince for Life, King George V - with a salute of 11 guns Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order (GCVO), King George V – on the occasion of the King's birthday Member of His Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council (PC), King George V Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George, (GCMG), Queen Elizabeth II
Titles and Styles 1877–1885: 1885–1898: 1898–1902: 1902–1911: 1911–1923: 1923–1934: 1934–1955: 1955–1957:
Sultan Muhammad Shah His Highness Agha Sultan Muhammad Shah, Aga Khan III His Highness Aga Sir Sultan Muhammad Shah, Aga Khan III, KCIE His Highness Aga Sir Sultan Muhammad Shah, Aga Khan III, GCIE His Highness Aga Sir Sultan Muhammad Shah, Aga Khan III, GCSI, GCIE His Highness Aga Sir Sultan Muhammad Shah, Aga Khan III, GCSI, GCIE, GCVO His Highness Aga Sir Sultan Muhammad Shah, Aga Khan III, GCSI, GCIE, GCVO, PC His Highness Aga Sir Sultan Muhammad Shah, Aga Khan III, GCSI, GCMG, GCIE, GCVO, PC
Germany (German Empire) 1901:
First Class of the Royal Prussian Order of the Crown, Kaiser Wilhelm II, German Emperor and King of Prussia (His Highness the Aga Khan returned it in 1914 at the outbreak of war)
Persia 1899:
Shamsu’l-Humayun (Star of Persia), Mozzafar-al-Din Shah, Shah of Persia
Syria 1951:
Order of Omayyads, Government of Syria
Turkey (Ottoman Empire) 1899:
Star of Turkey, Sultan Abdul Hamid II, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire
CONSTELLATION OF HONOURS OF HIS HIGHNESS AGA KHAN III (Sultanate of Zanzibar) 1899:
Zanzibar
Brilliant Star of Zanzibar, Sultan Sayyid Hamud bin Muhammed Al-Busaid, Sultan of Zanzibar
World Peace 1924 & 1925: Nobel Peace Prize, Nominations
Honorary Citizenships 1947: Le Cannet, France 1947: Pakistan 1949: Iran
Honorary Degrees 1911: LL.D. University of Cambridge 1918: LL.D. Oxford University 1951: LL.D. Dacca University
Authorship 1918: India in Transition 1954: World Enough & Time – The Memoirs of Sir Sultan Mohammed Shah, Aga Khan III
Leadership Engagements Britain and Indian Subcontinent 1902: 1902-1904: 1906-1913: 1908: 1910: 1912: 1930-33:
Member, Council of the Viceroy of India Member, Imperial Legislative Council Founding member and first permanent President of the All India Muslim League Permanent President of the Deccan League Life Member of the Club at Muhammadan Anglo-Oriental (MOA) College (precursor of the Aligarh University) Vice Chancellor of the Aligarh University, India and founding member since 1910 Chairman of the British-Indian section to the Round Table Conference / Imperial Conference
International 1932-3, 1935-8: 1932-1933: 1937-1938:
Chief Delegate of India to the Assembly of the League of Nations Delegate of India to the Geneva Disarmament Conference President of the League of Nations (precursor of the current United Nations)