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Bahadur Shah II (born Mirza Abu Zafar Siraj-ud-din Muhammad (24 October 1775 – 7 November 1862), usually referred to by his poetic title Bahadur Shah Zafar (Persian pronunciation: [ba.hɑː.ˈduɾ ʃɑːh za.ˈfaɾ]; Zafar lit. 'Victory'), was the twentieth and last Mughal emperor and a Hindustani poet.
Only a handful of relatives were present when Bahadur Shah Zafar II breathed his last in a shabby wooden house in Rangoon (now Yangon) in 1862.
The location of the grave of Bahadur Shah Zafar, the last Mughal emperor at Yangon, Myanmar is in dispute. [1] He was buried at the back of his enclosure, but by 1903 the location of his grave was forgotten.
Nov 8, 2017 · Though local people knew Zafar was buried somewhere inside the compound of the local cantonment - where he and his family members were confined - they didn't find it until 1991.
The building has two components namely, the Mahal or the palace, which was built first by Akbar Shah II in the 18th century, and the entrance gate that was reconstructed in the 19th century by Bahadur Shah Zafar II, popularly known as "Zafar" (the nom de plume of Bahadur Shah II) meaning ‘Victory’.
The tragic aspect of the narrative is that Bahadur Shah Zafar wanted to be buried in Mehrauli at the Khwaja Qutubuddin Bakhtiar Kaki Dargah, but the British ultimately transported him to Rangoon in 1857 after World War I, where he eventually passed away. Hathi Gate of Zafar Mahal_©www.flickr.com/photos. Present Scenario of Zafar Mahal.
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Dec 2, 2019 · Zafar II – successor to Akbar II and the last Mughal Emperor – was laid to rest far from India, making his final resting place in a small basement at the shrine in Bahadur Shah Zafar Dargah.
