Princess Zahra Aga Khan

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Princess Zahra Aga Khan (born September 18, 1970 in Geneva, Switzerland) is the eldest child of His Highness the Aga Khan. She attended Institut Le Rosey and Harvard University, from where she graduated in 1994 with a degree in Third World Development Studies. She married Mark Boyden, an Anglican, in a civil ceremony on June 21, 1997. The couple have a daughter, Sara, and a son, Iliyan.

After her graduation, from Harvard University with a BA (Honours) in 1994, Princess Zahra joined the Secretariat of His Highness the Aga Khan at Aiglemont in France.

She is Director of the Social Welfare Department at the Secretariat, and is also responsible for specific social development institutions of the Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN). These include Aga Khan Education Services, Aga Khan Health Services and Aga Khan Planning and Building Services. Princess Zahra also works with institutions supported by the Ismaili community in the areas of social welfare, women's activities and youth programmes.

She chairs the International Social Development and Sports Foundation (ISDSF) which seeks to act as a catalyst for replicable, short-term programmes addressing issues facing youth, women and the elderly in developed and developing countries alike. Princess Zahra is also a member of the Aga Khan Development Network Committee.

Like her father, Princess Zahra is a fan of Thoroughbred horse racing and has begun racing horses in her own name.