Bahadur Shah II facts for kids
Bahadur Shah II (24 October 1775 – 7 November 1862) (reigned 1837-1858) was the last emperor of the Mughal Empire in India.
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Early life
Bahadur Shah was the son of Akbar Shah II.
Reign
Bahadur Shah became the Mughal Emperor after his father's death on 28 September 1837. Bahadur Shah ruled over a Mughal Empire that barely extended beyond Delhi's Red Fort. The East India Company ruled India. The company allowed him a pension. He had no real power in India. After the Indian Rebellion of 1857, the British Administration exiled him from Delhi. He was sent to a prison in Rangoon (now Yangon), Burma and died there.
Poet
Bahadur Shah Zafar was known as an Urdu poet, who used the pen-name Zafar. His work was compiled as the Kuliyaat-e-Zafar (Urdu: Collected Works of Zafar)
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| Preceded by Akbar Shah II |
Mughal Emperor 1837 – 1858 |
Succeeded by Victoria of the United Kingdom as Empress of India |
Images for kids
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Bahadur Shah II enthroned
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Seal of the emperor in the first year of his reign
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Capture of the emperor and his sons by William Hodson at Humayun's tomb on 20 September 1857
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Purported photograph of Zinat Mahal Begum, his consort
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Ruins of the Zafar Mahal in Mehrauli, the emperor's summer retreat
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A panorama showing the imperial procession to celebrate the feast of the Eid ul-Fitr, with the emperor on the elephant to the left and his sons to the right (24 October 1843)
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One of the many Alam (flags) of the Mughal Empire (light in the centre representing Muhammad).
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Bahadur Shah Zafar in 1858, just after his trial and before his departure for exile in Burma.
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Sons of Bahadur Shah Zafar. On the left is Jawan Bakht, and on the right is Mirza Shah Abbas.
