Talk:Aly Khan

Untitled
Why is "Prince" in the article title? It isn't his given name, right? --Menchi 03:07, 29 Jul 2003 (UTC)

No, it would be his title. Lots of people now have their titles in their article names. "Prince Aly Khan" vs "Aly Khan" may be iffy, but I made the call and I'm sure if it needs to be moved to conform to Naming conventions (names and titles) it will be. Who knows, maybe it can be moved to lots of different names! -- Someone else 03:15, 29 Jul 2003 (UTC)

Removed "of Syria". He wasn't a prince of Syria. The title of Prince is claimed on the basis of belonging to the Persian Imperial Qajar family. The title of prince was confirmed as a courtesy title by Britain in 1938. Since 1859 the style highness has been granted (individually) to each Imam by Britain. Please research stuff instead of making it up. -- Someone else 04:57, 29 Jul 2003 (UTC)

It's his title. --88.104.137.223 (talk) 14:36, 7 June 2015 (UTC)

Icon of popular culture
Was Cole Porter's song really written in 1928, and/or does the verse refer to THIS Aly Khan? This Aly Khan would only have been 17 years old in 1928!! udibi 08:18, 01 Jun 2007 (UTC)

Article Title
His legal first name was Ali, not Aly, which is how he was referred to in the popular press. (His grandson by his daughter, Yasmin, for instance, is named for him, ie Andrew Ali Khan Embiricos.) What should the article be titled, given this information? Or should it remain as is, given that most people know/knew him as "Aly Khan".Mowens35 13:55, 7 September 2006 (UTC)

It should be Prince Ali/Aly AGA Khan not just Khan. Each member of the family bears the title Prince/ss Aga Khan inculding each of his children, his siblings and his parents. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.105.150.19 (talk) 11:06, 13 October 2007 (UTC)

Status as Playboy versus Diplomat
Considering that Aly Khan, for better or worse, was most famous for being a playboy and the lover of many prominent women, and actually was considered somewhat out of place as a UN diplomat, the article should be balanced between the two identities and properly cited.Mowens35 17:22, 9 September 2006 (UTC)
 * That's not a problem, as the unfortunately (relatively) lone caretaker of articles on Ismailism, I'll support that version if it gets written. -- ♥ pashtun ismailiyya  06:18, 25 February 2009 (UTC)

Name (mis)spelling
Why is the name spelled "Aly" when the first appearance in the article is "Ali"? Ali is the more common spelling of the name, probably by several orders of magnitude, so the use of "Aly" seems odd. Is it just because people misspelled the name in the press when he was alive? LUxlii (talk) 17:21, 6 December 2011 (UTC)

Ethnicity
What was his ethnic makeup?--88.104.137.223 (talk) 14:34, 7 June 2015 (UTC)

Requested move 30 June 2020

 * The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion. 

The result of the move request was: moved  (t &#183; c)  buidhe  06:10, 9 July 2020 (UTC)

– To bring consistency with the articles on other family members per WP:TITLECON. Not to mention that the inclusion of the word "Prince" in the main title serves no purpose here as there are no other well-known figures named Aly Khan or Sadruddin Aga Khan, so no disambiguation is required in this case. Additionally, royal titles are omitted from the article names most of the times and when possible, that's why we have Aga Khan III instead of Sultan Aga Khan III, Rahim Aga Khan instead of Prince Rahim Aga Khan, and Elizabeth II instead of Queen Elizabeth II, etc. As a side note, nearly all of the Wiki articles about the two of them in other languages also do not use the "Prince" title in the article name. Keivan.f Talk 20:22, 30 June 2020 (UTC)
 * Prince Aly Khan → Aly Khan
 * Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan → Sadruddin Aga Khan
 * Support, a honorific is not required to disambiguate.--Bob not snob (talk) 07:32, 5 July 2020 (UTC)