Sir Sultan Muhammad Shah, Aga Khan III, was a man of many parts and in his long life played diverse roles in numerous public fields. He was the hereditary Imam of the Ismaili Muslims, head of the All India Muslim League, founder-president of the All India Muslim Conference, patron of the London Muslim League, head of the 1906 Muslim Deputation to the Viceroy of India, President of the All India Muhammadan Educational Conference, one of the founders of the Aligarh Muslim University, Head of the British Indian Delegation to the Round Table Conference, Delegate to the Disarmament Conference, chief Indian Delegate to the League of Nations and later its President amongst others. It is impossible to survey the achievements and recount the activities of such a remarkable person in a brief article. (for full article: iis.ac.uk/view_article.asp?ContentID=101066) - BY, K.K. Aziz Professor K.K. Aziz was one of Pakistans leading historians and the author of numerous books on the history of Pakistan and Muslim India. He served on the academic staff of the Government College, Lahore, and the Universities of the Punjab, London, Khartoum and Heidelberg. He had also lectured on history, politics and Islam at the Universities of Karachi, Peshawar, Dacca, Islamabad, Hull, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Geneva, Oxford, Cambridge, Durham and Bergen. In Pakistan his appointments have included: Deputy to the Official Historian; Chairman of the National Commission on Historical and Cultural Research; and Special Policy Adviser to the Prime Minister. Professor Aziz was the editor and compiler of Aga Khan III Selected Speeches and Writings iis.ac.uk/view_article.asp?ContentID=100714 (London: Kegan Paul, 1998. 2 vols.)
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