Aga Khan IV Gallery – (6)

Aga Khan IV and Ahmed Mohamed Ag Hamani, Prime Minister of Mali, at the 14th-century Djingareyber Mosque (designated a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1988) in Timbuktu, Mali, 10 October 2003. Aga Khan IV’s concern for preserving and restoring the heritage of Muslim countries included a strong educational component which is today embodied by institutions such as the Aga Khan Trust for Culture, the Institute for the Study of Muslim Civilisations (AKU) and the Institute of Ismaili Studies, London inter alia. Credit: Gary Otte Courtesy AKDN