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The role of institutions and institutional capacities has been of prime importance in the mind of the present Ismaili Imam. The seeds for this approach to institutions were planted by the previous Aga Khan who had already established a network of educational, health care, and financial institutions in the Ismaili community.
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© 2014 Daryoush Mohammad Poor
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Poor, D.M. (2014). The AKDN: An Overview of the Ismaili Imamate’s Institutional Endeavors. In: Authority without Territory. Literatures and Cultures of the Islamic World. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137428806_5
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