A burial service for Aga Khan IV, the 49th hereditary imam of the Shiite Ismaili Muslims, was held in the southern Egyptian province of Aswan on Sunday. After a procession through the streets, his body was carried down the Nile in a white boat. (AP video/Radwan Abu Al Majd )

Private burial service held in Egypt for Aga Khan, hereditary imam of Shiite Ismaili Muslims

A burial service for Aga Khan IV, the 49th hereditary imam of the Shiite Ismaili Muslims, was held in the southern Egyptian province of Aswan on Sunday. After a procession through the streets, his body was carried down the Nile in a white boat. (AP video/Radwan Abu Al Majd )