AGA KHAN TO BE MARRIED

Press, Volume CIX, Issue 32114, 9 October 1969, Page 17

AGA KHAN TO BE MARRIED

(N.Z.P.A.-Reuter—Copyright) LONDON, Oct 8. The Aga Khan, the spiritual leader of 20 million Ismail! Moslems, today announced that he would marry an English woman, Lady James CrichtonStuart, aged 29. The engagement was announced simultaneously in London and in Paris, where the Aga Khan, who is 32, lives. It said that Lady James had become a Moslem, and that she would be known as Begum Aga Khan. The bride-to-be, whose Christian names are Sarah Frances, married Lord James Charles CrichtonStuart in 1959. The marriage was dissolved in 1968. She first met the Aga Khan in Switzerland in December of last year. Lady James was born in New Delhi and spent her early childhood in India. Her father, LieutenantColonel Arthur Croker Poole, served in the In-

—Photograph by cable, dian Cavalry throughout his military career. When he retired, in 1946, the family moved to England and a life of farming in Berkshire. The Aga Khan, the elder son of the late Prince Aly Khan and Princess Joan Aly Khan, succeeded his grandfather, Sir Sultan Mohammed Shah, in 1957. The Ismaili Moslems are scattered throughout 32 countries of the world, but today’s announcement says'that the leaders of the community were informed of the engagement some weeks

ago. Congratulations have been received from close members of the Aga Khan's family, including his grandfather’s widow, Begum Sultan Mohammed Aga Khan, his mother, Princess Aly Khan, his uncle, Prince Sadruddin, and his brother. Prince Amyn. The marriage is expected to take place in Paris or Geneva at the end of this month.