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== Marriages and children == * He married, on November 2, 1896, in [[Pune]], India, Shahzadi Begum, his first cousin and a granddaughter of [[Aga Khan I]]. * He married in 1908,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ismaili.net/histoire/history08/history833.html |title=Marriages of the Aga Khan III |publisher=Ismaili.net |access-date=26 August 2014}}</ref> Cleope Teresa Magliano (1888–1926). They had two sons: Prince Giuseppe Mahdi Khan (d. February 1911) and [[Prince Aly Khan]] (1911–1960). She died in 1926, following an operation on December 1, 1926.<ref>"Aga Khan's Wife Dies As He Buys Big Gem", The New York Times, 2 December 1926, p. 2</ref> * He married, on 7 December 1929 (civil), in [[Aix-les-Bains]], France, and 13 December 1929 (religious), in [[Mumbai|Bombay]], India, Andrée Joséphine Carron (1898–1976). A co-owner of a dressmaking shop in Paris, she became known as Princess Andrée Aga Khan. By this marriage, he had one son, Prince [[Sadruddin Aga Khan]] (1933–2003).<ref>"Aga Khan Again a Father", The New York Times, 18 January 1933, p. 9.</ref> The couple was divorced in 1943.<ref>"Princess Andrée", The New York Times, 30 December 1976, p. 19.</ref> * [[File:Aga Khan and Begum Yvette.jpg|thumb|Aga Khan III and Begum Yvette, 1954.]]He married, on October 9, 1944, in [[Geneva]], Switzerland, [[Begum Om Habibeh Aga Khan]] (Yvonne Blanche Labrousse) (15 February 1906{{snd}}1 July 2000). According to an interview she gave to an Egyptian journalist, her first name was Yvonne, though she is referred to as Yvette in most published references. The daughter of a tram conductor and a dressmaker, she was working as Aga Khan's social secretary at the time of their marriage. She converted to Islam and became known as ''Om Habibeh'' (Little Mother of the Beloved). In 1954, her husband bestowed upon her the title "Mata Salamat".<ref>"The Begum Aga Khan III", ''The Daily Telegraph'', Issue 45115, 3 July 2000.</ref> === Publications === He wrote a number of books and papers two of which are of immense importance, namely (1) '''''India in Transition''''', about the prepartition politics of India and (2) '''''The Memoirs of Aga Khan: World Enough and Time''''', his autobiography. The Aga Khan III proposed "the South Asiatic Federation<ref>The Aga Khan; ''India in Transition'', Bombay,1918, pp.45-46.</ref>" in '''''India in Transition''''' that India might be re-organized into some states, and those states should have their own autonomies. He was the first person to design a detailed plan of such a federation of India. [[File:Assuan 9785.JPG|thumb|Mausoleum of Aga Khan – [[Aswan]], Egypt.]] [[File:Assuan 9932.JPG|thumb|Mausoleum of Aga Khan, on the [[Nile]].]]
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