AGA KHAN'S DEALINGS STIR QUESTIONS OF FINANCIAL TRANSPERENCY</I> - 2005-11-23

Born in Geneva to an English mother and half-Indian, half- Italian father, the Aga Khan claims descent from Fatima, the daughter of Islam's prophet Muhammad, via the Fatimid rulers, who founded Cairo in 969 A.D. They later transferred to Syria and Iran, where they were known and feared by medieval European crusaders as the Assassins.