Bahadur Shah, the last Mogul emperor of India

by S. M. Burke

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Published 1996 by Sang-e-Meel Publications in Lahore .
Written in English

Places:

• India,
• Delhi (India)
Subjects:

• Muhammad Bahadur Shah II, King of Delhi, 1775-1862,
• Poets, Urdu -- 19th century -- Biography,
• India -- History -- 19th century,
• Delhi (India) -- Kings and rulers -- Biography

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Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Statement	S.M. Burke, Salim al-Din Quraishi.
Contributions	Quraishi, Salim al-Din.
Classifications
LC Classifications	DS475.2.M82 B87 1995
The Physical Object
Pagination	231 p. :
Number of Pages	231
ID Numbers
Open Library	OL647578M
ISBN 10	969350626X
LC Control Number	96930306

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Bahadur Shah II (Urdu: بہادر شاہ دوم), born Abu Zafar Sirajuddin Muhammad Bahadur Shah Zafar (Urdu: ابو ظفر سِراجُ الْدین محمد بُہادر شاہ ظفر), in October – died November 7, ) was last of the Mughal emperors in India, and ruler of the Timurid Dynasty. Emperor Aurangzeb of India's Mughal Dynasty (November 3, –March 3, ) was a ruthless leader who, despite his willingness to take the throne over the bodies of his brothers, went on to create a "golden age" of Indian civilization. An orthodox Sunni Muslim, he reinstated taxes and laws penalizing Hindus and imposing Sharia law. At the same time, however, he Author: Kallie Szczepanski.

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hen Bahadur Shah Zafar, the last Mughal emperor to have ruled India, wrote these lines, he would have scarce believed that one day, they would best describe the situation his last surviving relative would face. Zafar died in exile in Burma's Rangoon, present day Yangon, sent there by the British to spend his last days in solitude. This is the cemetery of the last Mughal Emperor Bahadur Shah Zafar. Most visitors and locals don't actually know how much history this place bears. The British exiled the Last Mughal Emperor from India to then Rangoon, Burma. The same goons also exiled the last Burmese King - Thibou from Mandalay, Burma to Ratnagiri, India.5/5().   Bahadur Shah Zafar, the Ill-fated Last Mughal Emperor. The Mughal rule came to an end in India during the rule of the Timurid Dynasty. Among the emperors of the Timurid Dynasty, it was Mirza Abu Zafar Sirajuddin Muhammad Bahadur Shah Zafar who became the last Mughal ruler. His parents were Akbar II and a Hindu Rajuput woman named, Lal Bai.