Aga Khan III (1877-1957), the 48th Imam of Shia Ismali Muslims, held a long and distinguished career of many dimensions. He had an intimate knowledge of Eastern and Western cultures and therefore played a significant role in the international affairs of his time. He was also a social reformer whose concerns included the alleviation of rural poverty and the advancement of women in society. An advocate of modern education, he became an ardent supporter of male and female education in India and East Africa and played a key role in the development of the Muslim University of Aligarh. Also a keen connoisseur of culture, he advocated a multicultural education, blending the best of Western and Eastern literary classics. On the international front, he strove for world peace.This book is a comprehensive collection of his speeches and writings from 1902 until 1955, and includes works on constitutional progress in India, education, rural development, Hindu-Muslim unity, Indians in Africa, Turkey afterWorld War I, the renaissance of Islamic culture, Persian poetry, fortunes of the League of Nations, and more.