On the left Bank of the Nile is a white Villa is a Villa of Muhammad Shah Aga Khan III, the 48th Imam of the Muslim Ismaili sect. He was very fond of Aswan and bequeathed to bury him here.

From the Villa, up the stairs, you can go to a small building of mausoleum of the Aga Khan. Is the square building with small towers at the corners and surmounted by a dome. The tombstone is made of white marble and covered with elegant ornaments. At the head of the sarcophagus is a small vase with a rose. Every morning for many years, widow of the Aga Khan put in a vase with a fresh rose.