Aga Khan II

Aga Khan II
Title	Aga Khan II Imam
Personal
Born	Aqa Ali Shah 1830 Mahallat, Sublime State of Iran
Died	1885 (aged 54–55)
Resting place	Najaf, Ottoman Iraq
Religion	Shia Islam
Spouse	Maryam Sultana Shams al-Muluk
Children	Muhammad Shah (successor) Shihab al-Din Shah Nur al-Din Shah
Parents	Hasan Ali Shah (father) Sarv-i Jahan Khanum (mother)
Denomination	Isma'ilism
School	Nizari Ismaili
Lineage	Fatimid (direct descendant of Muhammad)
Senior posting
Predecessor	Aga Khan I
Successor	Aga Khan III
Initiation	1881-1885
Post	47th Nizari Imām

Aqa Ali Shah (Persian: آقا علی شاه, romanized: Āqā ʿAlī Shāh; 1830–1885), known as Aga Khan II (Persian: آغا خان دوّم, romanized: Āghā Khān Duwwūm), was the 47th imam of the Nizari Isma'ili Muslims. A member of the Iranian royal family, he became the Imam in 1881. During his lifetime, he helped to better not only his own community, but also the larger Muslim community of India. He was the second Nizari Imam to hold the title Aga Khan.