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| name               = Sadruddin Aga Khan
| image              = Sadruddin Aga Khan (1991) by Erling Mandelmann.jpg
| caption            = Khan in 1991
| native_name        = {{nobold|{{lang|fa|{{nq|صدر الدین آغا خان}}}}}}
| native_name_lang   = ar
| birth_date         = {{birth date|1933|1|17|df=y}}
| birth_place        = [[Neuilly-sur-Seine]], France
| death_date         = {{death date and age|2003|5|12|1933|1|17|df=y}}
| death_place        = [[Boston]], Massachusetts, United States
| spouse             = {{plainlist|
* {{marriage|Nina Dyer|1957|1962}}
* {{marriage|Catherine Aleya Sursock|1972|2003}}
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| parents            = [[Aga Khan III|Sultan Muhammad Shah]] (father)<br/>Andrée Joséphine Carron (mother)
| family             = [[Aly Khan]] (brother)<br>[[Aga Khan IV|Karim al-Husseini]] (nephew)<br>[[Amyn Aga Khan]] (nephew)<br>[[Yasmin Aga Khan]] (niece)
| education          = [[Harvard University]]
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'''Sadruddin Aga Khan''' ({{Nowrap|17 January}} 1933 – {{Nowrap|12 May}} 2003) was a French-born statesman and activist who served as [[United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees]] from 1966 to 1977. During his tenure, the agency expanded its operational focus to include refugee situations outside Europe.

He married twice, but had no children of his own. Sadruddin died of cancer at the age of 70, and was buried in Switzerland.

==Life and career==
===Childhood and education===
Born in [[Neuilly-sur-Seine]], France, he was the only child of [[Aga Khan III|Sultan Mahomed Shah]] (known by his title Aga Khan III) and his third wife, the French-born wife Andrée Joséphine Carron. He received his early education in [[Lausanne]], Switzerland, before graduating [[Phi Beta Kappa]] in 1954 from [[Harvard College]].<ref name="SydneyHerald2003">{{cite news |date=16 June 2003 |title=Genial diplomat shone under fire |url=http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/06/15/1055615679497.html |access-date=23 August 2018 |work=The Sydney Morning Herald |publisher=[[Fairfax Media]]}}</ref> At Harvard, he lived in Eliot House with [[Paul Matisse]], grandson of French artist [[Henri Matisse]], with future ''[[Paris Review]]'' founders [[George Plimpton]] and [[John Train (investment advisor)|John Train]], and with [[Stephen James Joyce|Stephen Joyce]], grandson of Irish writer [[James Joyce]].<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Reed|first=Christopher|title=Pure Fabrications|journal=Harvard Magazine|issue=May–June 2002|date=May–June 2002|url=http://www.harvardmagazine.com/on-line/050244.html|access-date=23 August 2018|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081203192353/http://www.harvardmagazine.com/on-line/050244.html|archive-date=3 December 2008}}</ref> Along with Plimpton, he was an editor for the ''[[Harvard Lampoon]]''. After three years of post-graduate research at the Harvard Center for Middle Eastern Studies, Prince Sadruddin began a career in international service.<ref name="Times2003">{{cite news|url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/printFriendly/0%2C%2C1-45-681660%2C00.html|title=Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan (Obituary)|work=The Times|date=16 May 2003|access-date=23 August 2018|publisher=News Corporation}}{{dead link|date=September 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref><ref name="PRAgaKhan2003"/>

Although he was raised in Europe by his French mother, his father, who was the 48th hereditary [[Imam]] of the [[Nizari]] [[Ismaili|Ismaili Muslims]], had a strong influence on him. He recalled that his father "insisted that I learnt the Koran and encouraged me to understand the basic traditions and beliefs of Islam but without imposing any particular views. He was an overwhelming personality but open-minded and liberal."<ref name="Telegraph1998">{{cite news |last=Ducas |first=June |date=24 January 1998 |title=Hidden secrets of the universe |url=http://www.amaana.org/ISWEB/sadruddin.htm |access-date=23 August 2018 |work=The Daily Telegraph}}</ref>

He described Iran as the cradle of his family, though he never lived there.<ref name="UnescoCourier1991">{{cite news|url=http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0008/000886/088610eo.pdf |title=Interview with Sadruddin Aga Khan|work=UNESCO Courier|date=May 1991|pages=4–9|access-date=23 August 2018}}</ref> When he was a child, his paternal grandmother used to recite to him the great epic poems of Persian history.<ref name="Telegraph1998"/> He held [[British people|British]], [[French nationality law|French]], [[Iranian nationality law|Iranian]], and [[Swiss nationality law|Swiss]] [[citizenship]], and was fluent in French, English, German and Italian, while also speaking some [[Persian language|Persian]] and [[Arabic language|Arabic]].<ref name="Ahram2003">{{cite news |last=Elbendary |first=Amina |date=28 May 2003 |title=Obituary: Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan (1933–2003) |url=http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2003/639/in3.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080414225630/http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2003/639/in3.htm |archive-date=14 April 2008 |access-date=23 August 2018 |work=[[Al-Ahram Weekly]] |publisher=Al-Ahram Publishing House |issue=639}}</ref>

===UNESCO===
Sadruddin joined the [[United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization]] (UNESCO) in 1958, and became the Executive Secretary to its International Action Committee for the Preservation of [[Nubia]] in 1961. This initiative brought together archaeologists from Eastern Europe and the West at the height of the [[Cold War]]. The construction of the [[Aswan Dam]] threatened [[ancient Egypt]]ian treasures including [[Abu Simbel]], the temples of [[Philae]] and Kalabsha, and the Christian churches of Nubia.<ref name="UnescoCourier1991"/><ref name="Guardian2003">{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/obituaries/story/0,3604,956084,00.html |title=Obituary: Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan |work=The Guardian |date=15 May 2003 |access-date=23 August 2018}}</ref> He would later describe it as "one of UNESCO's great achievements" because of the challenging historical context in which it took place—in particular the ongoing tensions in the Middle East and the Cold War.<ref name="UnescoCourier1991"/>

===UN High Commissioner for Refugees===
Sadruddin began as a Special Envoy to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in 1959 with a focus on World Refugee Year (1959–1960).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.unhcr.org/4402ff2d2.html |title=Records of Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan – UNHCR Archives |format=PDF |access-date=23 August 2018}}</ref> The initiative became known for its ''Stamp Plan'', a [[Philately|philatelic]] programme that raised funds through United Nations member countries, as well as the support of the [[Universal Postal Union]]. At the time, the UNHCR's resources were primarily focused on supporting [[refugee]]s crossing from Eastern Europe.<ref name="UnescoCourier1991"/>

In January 1966, Sadruddin was appointed United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees after serving for three years as Deputy High Commissioner. At the age of 33 he became the youngest person ever to lead the UNHCR.<ref name="UNNews2003">{{cite news |date=13 May 2003 |title=Former UN refugee agency chief Sadruddin Aga Khan dies |url=https://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=7056&Cr=refugees&Cr1=&Kw1=aga+khan&Kw2=&Kw3= |access-date=23 August 2018 |publisher=UN News Centre}}</ref> For the next twelve years he directed the UN refugee agency through one of its most difficult periods, coordinating the international response to the [[Bangladesh Liberation War|1971 Bangladesh crisis]] that uprooted {{Nowrap|10 million}} people, the [[Burundi genocide (1972)|1972 exodus]] of hundreds of thousands of [[Hutus]] from Burundi to Tanzania, and the [[Vietnamese boat people]] tragedy of the mid-1970s. In 1972, Sadruddin played a key role in finding new homes for tens of thousands of [[Expulsion of Asians in Uganda in 1972|South Asians expelled]] from Uganda by [[Idi Amin]].<ref name="UNNews2003"/>

During the 1950s, the majority of refugees requiring assistance were of European origin, estimated between 200,000 and 300,000. By the 1970s, many of these European refugee issues had been largely addressed. At the same time, new refugee crises emerged in parts of the developing world, including Palestine, Vietnam, Angola, and Algeria. Under Sadruddin Aga Khan’s tenure as United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees from 1966 to 1977, the agency’s mandate expanded beyond its original focus on Europe to address these broader global displacement challenges.<ref name="UNNews2003" /> 

This period saw an increase in the scale and complexity of refugee situations worldwide. The UNHCR and the wider international community adjusted their approaches accordingly.<ref name="UnescoCourier1991" /> By the time Sadruddin Aga Khan stepped down in 1977, he was the longest-serving High Commissioner in the agency’s history.<ref name="SydneyHerald2003" />

===United Nations diplomatic career===
From1978 onwards, Sadruddin held several roles within the United Nations, including the Special Consultant and Chargé de Mission to the Secretary-General of the United Nations, [[Special Rapporteur (UN)|Special Rapporteur]] of the [[UN Human Rights Commission]] and Convenor and co-chairman of the Independent Commission on International Humanitarian Issues and of the Independent Working Group on the UN Financial Emergency. He also served as Coordinator for United Nations Humanitarian and Economic Assistance Programmes Relating to the People of Afghanistan and as Executive Delegate of the Secretary-General for a UN Inter-Agency Humanitarian Programme addressing issues in Iraq’s border areas.<ref name="PRAgaKhan2003"/><ref>{{cite press release |title=SG appoints Sadruddin Aga Khan to coordinate humanitarian programme for Iraq, Kuwait, border areas (SG/A/455, IK/15) |publisher=United Nations |date=9 April 1991}}</ref>

In September 1990, he was appointed Personal Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Humanitarian Assistance Relating to the Crisis between Iraq and Kuwait.<ref>{{cite press release |title=SG appoints Sadruddin Aga Khan as personal representative for humanitarian assistance relating to Iraq-Kuwait crisis (SG/A/442, IK/1) |publisher=United Nations |date=12 September 1990}}</ref>  During this period, he negotiated with Iraqi officials, including Foreign Minister [[Tariq Aziz]], to establish a UN relief program for Shia Muslims in the marshlands of southern Iraq, despite the Iraqi government’s reluctance to coordinate with the UN.<ref name="SydneyHerald2003"/>

Sadruddin Aga Khan was nominated twice for the position of UN Secretary-General. In 1981, although he received majority support in the Security Council vote, his appointment was vetoed by the [[Soviet Union]], which reportedly considered him too Western.<ref name="Times2003"/> He was nominated again in 1991 but did not secure the position, with the United States and United Kingdom reportedly opposing him due to disagreements over his support for increasing aid to Iraq.<ref name="Times2003"/>

===Environmental protection and advocacy===
In 1977, Sadruddin Aga Khan co-founded the Geneva-based Groupe de Bellerive with [[Denis de Rougemont]] and the non-profit Bellerive Foundation. The foundation collaborated with international institutions, bilateral aid organizations, and NGOs such as the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF).<ref name="UnescoCourier1991"/> It focused on environmental protection, natural resource conservation, and biodiversity.

The Bellerive Foundation worked with UNICEF and other partners on initiatives related to deforestation. It promoted the development and distribution of low-cost, energy-efficient cooking stoves using renewable energy sources, primarily in rural African communities. The foundation’s activities also addressed issues such as nuclear disarmament and species conservation<ref name="UnescoCourier1991"/>

In 1990, Sadruddin launched Alp Action at the [[World Economic Forum]] to support environmental conservation in the European Alps. The program aimed to promote eco-tourism and reduce the environmental impact of outdoor recreational activities. Over its period of operation, Alp Action implemented projects across seven countries.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.greengold.on.ca/newsletter/nl2001_07.html#articles1 |title=High Minded Action |editor-first=David |editor-last=Chernushenko |publisher=The Sustainable Sport Sourceline |date=July 2001 |access-date=23 August 2018|url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110706192221/http://www.greengold.on.ca/newsletter/nl2001_07.html#articles1 |archive-date=6 July 2011  }}</ref> It found inspiration in the system of national parks of the [[Canadian Rockies]].<ref name="Ahram2003"/>

In May 2006, the activities of the Bellerive Foundation were incorporated into the Geneva-based [[Aga Khan Foundation]] to establish the Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan Fund for the Environment.<ref name="PRAKDN20060531" />  The fund, with an endowment of approximately US$10 million, focuses on environmental education, natural resource management, protected areas, tourism infrastructure, environmental health, and research.<ref name="PRAKDN20060531">{{cite press release |url=http://www.akdn.org/press_release/562/Bellerive-Foundation-Merges-with-the-Aga-Khan-Foundation |title=Bellerive Foundation Merges with the Aga Khan Foundation |publisher=[[Aga Khan Development Network]] |date=31 May 2006 |access-date=23 August 2018|url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120308031100/http://www.akdn.org/press_release/562/Bellerive-Foundation-Merges-with-the-Aga-Khan-Foundation |archive-date=8 March 2012  }}</ref>

===Death and remembrance===
Sadruddin Aga Khan died of cancer in Boston, Massachusetts, on 12 May 2003.<ref name="Times2003"/><ref name="Ahram2003"/>  His body was transported to Switzerland, where members of the diplomatic corps, government officials, and acquaintances paid respects at Château de Bellerive and signed condolence books at various locations internationally.<ref name="PRAgaKhanFuneral2003">{{cite press release |url=http://www.amaana.org/agakhan/sadruddin3.htm |title=Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan's Funeral Ceremonies in Geneva |publisher=Secrétariat de Son Altesse l'Aga Khan, Aiglemont |date=14 May 2003 |access-date=23 August 2018}}</ref> 

[[Ruud Lubbers]], then UNHCR High Commissioner, then UNHCR High Commissioner, issued a statement acknowledging Sadruddin’s tenure at the agency and his role during challenging periods.<ref name="UNNews2003" />

In accordance with his wishes, a private burial ceremony was held in Switzerland with family members present.<ref name="Times2003" /><ref name="Ahram2003" /><ref name="PRAgaKhanFuneral2003" /> Traditional Muslim rites were conducted too. The funeral procession took place from Château de Bellerive to the local cemetery of [[Collonge-Bellerive]].<ref name="PRAgaKhanBurial2003">{{cite press release |url=http://ismaili.net/timeline/2003/20030516press1.html |title=Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan Laid to Rest in Collonge-Bellerive |publisher=Secrétariat de Son Altesse l'Aga Khan, Aiglemont |date=16 May 2003 |access-date=23 August 2018}}</ref> A tribute from the [[Canton of Geneva]] noted the family's historical ties to the region and referenced their Persian descent."<ref name="PRAgaKhanBurial2003" />

A memorial ceremony was held at United Nations headquarters in New York on 28 October 2003.<ref name="PRUNMemorial2003">{{cite press release |url=http://www.unis.unvienna.org/unis/pressrels/2003/sgsm8971.html |title=Secretary-General Hails Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan as True Statesman, in Remarks to Memorial Ceremony for Former Refugee Chief |publisher=United Nations Information Service |date=29 October 2003 |access-date=23 August 2018}}</ref> At the event, then-UN Secretary-General [[Kofi Annan]] highlighted Sadruddin’s contributions to humanitarian work and environmental issues.<ref name="PRUNMemorial2003" /> 

He was survived by his wife Catherine, three stepsons—Alexandre, Marc, and Nicolas—and extended family including nephews, nieces, and cousins.<ref name="PRAgaKhanFuneral2003" /> It was his and Catherine's wish that their remains be interred in Egypt.<ref name="PRAgaKhanBurial2003" />

==Personal life==
Sadruddin Aga Khan’s family included several individuals with roles in political and international organizations. His grandmother was a descendant of [[Qajar dynasty|Qajar]] Emperor [[Fat′h Ali Shah Qajar|Fath'Ali Shah]].<ref name="PRAgaKhan2003">{{cite press release |url=http://www.amaana.org/agakhan/sadruddin3.htm |title=Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan |publisher=Secrétariat de Son Altesse l'Aga Khan, Aiglemont |date=13 May 2003 |access-date=23 August 2018}}</ref>

His father served as President of the League of Nations and held administrative positions in [[British India]].<ref name="DawnFreedom2006">{{cite news |url=https://ismailimail.wordpress.com/2007/01/04/freedom-movement-and-the-aga-khan-by-sherali-alidina/ |first=Sherali |last=Alidina |title=Freedom movement and the Aga Khan |work=Dawn: One Hundred Years of the Muslim League 1906–2006 |publisher=The DAWN Group of Newspapers, Pakistan |date=30 December 2006 |access-date=23 August 2018}}</ref>  He also served two terms as President of the [[League of Nations]].<ref name="Times2003"/> His half-brother [[Aly Khan]] was Pakistan’s Ambassador to the United Nations. His nephew Karim Aga Khan was the fourth Imam of the Ismaili Muslims. Another brother, [[Amyn Aga Khan]], previously worked for the United Nations before joining the Aga Khan’s secretariat.<ref name="AkdnWebHH">{{cite web |url=http://www.akdn.org/about_agakhan.asp |title=His Highness the Aga Khan |access-date=23 August 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101203095703/http://www.akdn.org/about_agakhan.asp |archive-date=3 December 2010 |url-status=dead  }}</ref> His niece [[Yasmin Aga Khan]] is involved in Alzheimer’s disease advocacy.<ref "name=WICBioYasmin">{{cite web |url=http://www.wic.org/bio/pkhan.htm |title=Princess Yasmin Aga Khan: Bringing the World Intelligent Awareness |access-date=23 August 2018|publisher=Women's International Center}}</ref>

He participated in cultural activities such as music, art, and literature, and attended cultural events in Europe and abroad. He engaged in outdoor activities including skiing and sailing.<ref name="PRAgaKhan2003"/> While a student at Harvard in 1953, he co-founded the ''[[Paris Review]]'', a literary magazine.<ref name="NYTimes1990">{{cite news |url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C0CE4DF173BF937A35750C0A966958260&sec=&pagewanted=print |title=Heavyweights and High Spirits (review – ''The Paris Review Anthology'') |last=Kirby |first=David |work=The New York Times|date=4 March 1990 |access-date=23 August 2018}}</ref> The magazine awards an annual fiction prize, the [[Aga Khan Prize for Fiction]], established by his father.<ref name="NYTimes1990" /> 

===Marriages===
On 27 August 1957, he married [[Nina Dyer]] in [[Bellerive, Switzerland|Bellerive]], Switzerland. Dyer, a former fashion model and ex-wife of [[Hans Heinrich Thyssen-Bornemisza|Baron Hans Heinrich Thyssen-Bornemisza]], converted to Islam during their marriage and adopted the name "Shirin." They divorced in 1962 and had no children. Dyer died by suicide in 1965.<ref name="NYTimes1957">{{cite news |url=https://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=FB071EFB385A177B93CAAB1783D85F438585F9 |title=Aly Khan's Brother Weds Model |work=The New York Times| agency=Associated Press | date=28 August 1957 |page=9 | access-date=23 August 2018}} {{subscription required}}</ref>

On 25 November 1972, he married Catherine Aleya Beriketti Sursock in the [[British West Indies]].<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/1972/11/28/archives/prince-sadruddin-aga-khan-un-commissioner-and-mrs-sursock-married.html "Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan, U. N. Commissioner, and Mrs. Sursock Married"] ''The New York Times'' (November 28, 1972). Retrieved November 23, 2021</ref> She was previously married to Lebanese aristocrat Cyril Sursock. They had no children together, but he became stepfather to her three children: Alexandre, Marc, and Nicolas Sursock.

===Art collection===
Sadruddin Aga Khan assembled a private collection of [[Islamic art]] over approximately 50 years.<ref name="ArtsOfAsia1984">{{cite journal |last=Safrani |first=Shehbaz H. |date=Nov–Dec 1984 |title=The Arts of the Islamic Book: The Collection of Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan |journal=Arts of Asia |volume=14 |issue=6 |pages=55–66 |url=http://www.ismaili.net/sadruddin/islamic.html |access-date=23 August 2018}}</ref> The collection included paintings, drawings, manuscripts, and miniatures.<ref name="Telegraph1998" /> He also collected primitive and African art, which he sold before 1985.<ref name="PRAgaKhan2003" /><ref name="ArtsOfAsia1984" />

His interest in Islamic art reportedly began in his youth, influenced by his paternal grandmother’s library of Persian books and related texts.<ref name="SydneyHerald2003"/> During his time at Harvard in the 1950s, he made acquisitions in New York and later from dealers in Paris, Geneva, and London. He also participated in auctions at Sotheby’s and Christie’s. He sought advice from [[Stuart Cary Welch]], a historian of Islamic art at Harvard.<ref name="ArtsOfAsia1984"/>

His collection contains Arabic, Persian, Turkish, and Indian items dating from the 10th century onward. Examples include a [[Quran|Quranic]] page of North African origin written in [[Kufic|Kufic script]], estimated to be over 1,000 years old. The collection includes Persian calligraphy and pictorial works, as well as [[Ottoman Empire|Ottoman]] manuscripts and paintings.<ref name="ArtsOfAsia1984" />

Some pieces from the collection were exhibited in New York, London, and Zürich. In 1998, the British Museum organized a touring exhibition<ref name="SydneyHerald2003" /><ref name="Telegraph1998" /> titled "Princes, Poets and Paladins,"<ref name="PRHarvard1998">{{cite press release |title=Exhibit at the Sackler to Present Islamic and Indian Paintings from One of the Most Important Private Collections in the World |date=29 April 1998 |publisher=Harvard University Art Museums |url=http://www.artmuseums.harvard.edu/press/released1998/princespoets.html |access-date=23 August 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080121173031/http://www.artmuseums.harvard.edu/press/released1998/princespoets.html |archive-date=21 January 2008}}</ref> which included items from the collection. The full collection is housed at the [[Aga Khan Museum]] in Toronto, established by his [[Aga Khan IV|nephew]].<ref name="PRAgaKhan2003" /><ref name="TIO20100520">{{cite news |last=Thawer |first=Mehnaz |date=20 May 2010 |title=Aga Khan Museum Collection reflects pluralism of the Muslim world and shared human heritage |url=http://www.theismaili.org/cms/999/Aga-Khan-Museum-Collection-reflects-pluralism-of-the-Muslim-world-and-shared-human-heritage |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100524024154/http://www.theismaili.org/cms/999/Aga-Khan-Museum-Collection-reflects-pluralism-of-the-Muslim-world-and-shared-human-heritage |archive-date=24 May 2010 |access-date=23 August 2018 |newspaper=The Ismaili}}</ref>

==Awards and decorations==
Sadruddin Aga Khan received honorary doctorates and national awards from several countries, including Pakistan, Poland, and the Vatican. In 1991, he was elected a Foreign Honorary Member of the [[American Academy of Arts and Sciences]].<ref name="AAAS">{{cite web |title=Book of Members, 1780–2010: Chapter A |url=http://www.amacad.org/publications/BookofMembers/ChapterA.pdf |access-date=23 August 2018 |publisher=American Academy of Arts and Sciences}}</ref> 

He received the [[United Nations Prize in the Field of Human Rights|United Nations Human Rights Award]],<ref name="UNNews2003" /> and was awarded several national decorations:

* Bourgeois d'Honneur de Genève (City of Geneva)<ref>{{cite web |title=Décès de S.A. le Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan – Site officiel de l'Etat de Genève, May&nbsp;14, 2003 |url=http://www.geneve.ch/chancellerie/conseil/2001-2005/ppresse/2003_0514.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041227050025/http://www.geneve.ch/chancellerie/conseil/2001-2005/ppresse/2003_0514.html |archive-date=27 December 2004 |access-date=23 August 2018 |language=fr}}</ref> 
* Commandeur of the [[Legion of Honour|Légion d'honneur]] (France)
* Knight Commander of the [[Order of St. Sylvester]] ([[Holy See]])
* [[Order of the Nile]] (Egypt)<ref name="Times2003" />
* [[Order of the British Empire|Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire]] – KBE (United Kingdom)<ref name="SydneyHerald2003" />

He also held honorary citizenship of [[Patmos]], Greece, where he maintained a residence.<ref>{{cite web |date=24 September 2000 |title=Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan Honourable Citizen of Patmos |url=http://www.hri.org/cgi-bin/brief?/news/greek/mpab/2000/00-09-24.mpab.html#06 |access-date=23 August 2018 |publisher=Macedonian Press Agency (News in English)}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
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*{{cite web |url=http://www.geneve.ch/fao/2003/20030519.asp |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130115184519/http://www.geneve.ch/fao/2003/20030519.asp |url-status=dead |archive-date=15 January 2013 |title=Sadruddin Aga Khan, le Prince qui voulait un monde meilleur – Site officiel de l'Etat de Genève, 19&nbsp;May 2003 |language=fr |access-date=1 January 2007 }}
*{{cite news|url=http://ismaili.net/timeline/2003/20030514tiuk.html |title=Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan: Radical statesman of the United Nations who occupied a unique position between Islam and the West | newspaper=The Independent (UK) | date=14 May 2003 |access-date=1 January 2007}}
*{{cite web |url=http://www.ismaili.net/intervue/intsad06.html |title=Interview with Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan – Refugees, November 1988 |access-date=1 January 2007}}
*{{cite web |url=http://www.ismaili.net/jrnsidx.html |title=Collection of articles on Prince Sadruddin at ismaili.net |access-date=2 January 2006}}
*{{cite web |url=http://www.theparisreview.org/about/masthead | access-date=13 October 2010 | title=The Paris Review Masthead}}
*[https://repository.globethics.net/handle/20.500.12424/4054095 "Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan: humanitarian and visionary"], Miserez, Diana, 2017

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