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who is Aga Khan and why is he so respected in south/central asia region?
from some history he actually helped the british:
In 1887, the colonial rulers of India, the Secretary of State for India acting through the Viceroy of India, formally recognized the title Aga Khan.[citation needed] During the latter stages of the First Anglo-Afghan War (in 1841 and 1842), Aga Khan I and his cavalry officers provided assistance to General Nott in Kandahar Province and also to General England in his advance from Sindh to join Nott.[citation needed] For these services, and others which Aga Khan I rendered to Sir Charles Napier in his conquest of Sindh in 1843–44, the Aga Khan received a pension from the British Government of India.[citation needed] He was awarded his the status of "Prince" by the British government's representatives in India and became the only religious or community leader in British India granted a personal gun salute[citation needed]; all other salute dynasties were either rulers of Princely States, or Political Pensioners holding ancestral princely titles in states abolished by the British.[citation needed] When Hassan Ali Shah, the first Aga Khan, came to Sindh from Afghanistan, he and his army were welcomed by Mir Nasir Khan of Sindh.[citation
from some history he actually helped the british:
In 1887, the colonial rulers of India, the Secretary of State for India acting through the Viceroy of India, formally recognized the title Aga Khan.[citation needed] During the latter stages of the First Anglo-Afghan War (in 1841 and 1842), Aga Khan I and his cavalry officers provided assistance to General Nott in Kandahar Province and also to General England in his advance from Sindh to join Nott.[citation needed] For these services, and others which Aga Khan I rendered to Sir Charles Napier in his conquest of Sindh in 1843–44, the Aga Khan received a pension from the British Government of India.[citation needed] He was awarded his the status of "Prince" by the British government's representatives in India and became the only religious or community leader in British India granted a personal gun salute[citation needed]; all other salute dynasties were either rulers of Princely States, or Political Pensioners holding ancestral princely titles in states abolished by the British.[citation needed] When Hassan Ali Shah, the first Aga Khan, came to Sindh from Afghanistan, he and his army were welcomed by Mir Nasir Khan of Sindh.[citation
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