Bahadur Shah Zafar

    Bahadur Shah Zafar  was the last Mughal King of India. Prior to defeating him in battle and  imprisoning him in  Yangoon,  Myanmar, the British East India Company reduced  Bahadur Shah Zafar and his family to a state of dependence.   He was also one of the greatest Urdu poets of India, he wrote some of the finest   Urdu   poetry and was a patron of many famous   Urdu  poets.  His Urdu poetry is still very popular. This site  contains  a copy of his  divan  in Urdu.   I have also included his complete works for downloading. To download please  click    on Kulyat Zafar.  Photograph of Zafar

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    This is a nineteenth century  color portrait  of Emperor Bahadur Shah Zafar.
    Kulyat Zafar Diwan Zafar
    Dargah Translation of an Urdu Book written by Nizami
    Mirza Mughal History of KIngs
    Translation of an Urdu Book on Zafar Two Native Narratives of the War of Independence
    Pictures relating to Bahadur Shah Zafar Items relating to the Badshah
    Coins Pictures from The Indian Mutiny by C Ball
    Last days Zeenat Mahal
    Photograph                                 Web sites relating to Zafar
    Residence in Rangoon British Kaffraria or Myanmar

    Bahadur Shah Zafar was born in Delhi on October 24 1775. His father was Akbar Shah II and his mother was a Rajput lady  Lal  Bai.  Bahadur Shah Zafar died in exile in the captivity of the British.  He died at Yangoon, Myanmar at the age of 87 on November 7 1862.  He was buried there and now there is a shrine in Yangoon,  the name of the shrine is Bahadur Shah  Zafar Dargah and it is located near the Shwe Degon Pagoda at 6 Ziwaka Road, near the intersection with Shwe Degon Pagoda Rd,  Yangoon.   For a picture of the Dargah please click on the following. Bahadur Shah Zafar's Dargah in Yangoon.