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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 an Urdu poet.He was the second son and the successor to his father, Akbar II, who died in 1837. He was a titular Emperor, as the Mughal Empire existed in name only and his authority was limited only to the ...
Bahādur Shāh II was the last Mughal emperor of India (reigned 1837–57). He was a poet, musician, and calligrapher, more an aesthete than a political leader. He was the second son of Akbar Shāh II and Lāl Bāī. For most of his reign he was a client of the British and was without real authority. He
Bahadur Shah Zafar, known as Bahadur Shah II, was the final and twentieth ruler of the Mughal dynasty in India. Unlike his illustrious ancestors, he was a rather cold and indecisive ruler with the least interest in governance. He was a nominal ruler under the British. Who captured Bahadur Shah Zafar after the rebellion of 1857?
Nov 8, 2017 · One of the only known photographs of Bahadur Shah Zafar II, taken after his trial in 1858. For more than a century the last Mughal emperor was almost forgotten - but a chance finding of his grave ...
Bahadur Shah Zafar (also known as Aboo Zafar) ascended the Mughal throne in 1837 at the age of 62. He succeeded his father, Emperor Akbar Shah II. Zafar (meaning 'victory' in Persian) was a poet and an artist. “The eldest son of his late Majesty Mirza Aboo Zuffer has quietly succeeded to the throne under the usual salutes. The customary huzurs were presented to him. Since when a full durbar has been held and all is tranquil in the Palace.”
Akbar II (Persian pronunciation:; 22 April 1760 – 28 September 1837), also known as Akbar Shah II, was the nineteenth Mughal emperor from 1806 to 1837. He was the second son of Shah Alam II and the father of Bahadur Shah II, who would eventually succeed him and become the last Mughal emperor.. Akbar had little de facto power due to the increasing British influence in India through the East India Company.He sent Ram Mohan Roy as an ambassador to Britain and gave him the title of Raja ...
Abu Zafar Sirajuddin Muhammad Bahadur Shah Zafar also known as Bahadur Shah or Bahadur Shah II (October 24, 1775 – November 7, 1862) was the last of the Moghul emperors in India, as well as the last ruler of the Timurid Dynasty.He was the son of Akbar Shah II by his Hindu wife Lalbai. He became the Mughal Emperor upon his father's death on September 28, 1838, already a purely symbolic and titular role while the British East India Company exercised real power. Technically, the British were ...
Bahadur Shah II, better known as Bahadur Shah Zafar (24 October 1775 – 7 November 1862) (reigned 1837-1858), was the last emperor of the Mughal Empire of India. Bahadur Shah died on the 7th of November in 1862 in Rangon(now Yangon, Myanmar) Bahadur Shah Zafar. 20th Mughal Emperor Emperor of India; In office 28 September 1837 - 21 September 1857: Preceded by: Akbar II: Succeeded by: Empire Dissolved
Mirza Muhammad Mu'azzam (14 October 1643 – 27 February 1712), commonly known as Bahadur Shah I and Shah Alam I, was the eighth Mughal Emperor from 1707 to 1712. He was the second son of the sixth Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb, who he conspired to overthrow in his youth. He was also governor of the imperial provinces of Agra, Kabul and Lahore and had to face revolts of Rajputs and Sikhs.
Oct 25, 2021 · Bahadur Shah Zafar, a poet and a king, was a mere pensioner of the East India Company with Kotwal said to have more power than the King residing in Red Fort. Bahadur Shah II is a distinguished and intriguing figure in Indian History. Bahadur Shah Zafar | TOI. An Emperor without power. Even though East India Company were the de facto rulers of the region, they did not declared themselves as one. Rather they ruled and collected taxes in the name of Mughals.
