On this day, the British government in India consented to send the Aga Khan I to Bombay from Calcutta.
The Aga Khan is the imam, or spiritual leader, of the Nizari Ismailitesect of the ShiiteMuslims.
Hasan Ali Shah, who would be known as Aga Khan I, had been the governor of the Iranian province of Kerman and was favoured by the Shah of Iran, who gave him the title Aga Khan. But he rebelled against the king and fled to India.
He helped the British in the first Anglo-Afghan War (1839–42) and in the conquest of Sindh (1842–43) and settled in Bombay first, but Iran wanted his extradition.
After an arduous journey, with a few peoplefrom his entourage dying, he reached Bengal and stayed in Calcutta for 18 months.
He left Calcutta on December 8, with his wife and 40 retainers, after he got permission from the British, and reached Bombay on December 26, where he would live till his death.