Bahadur Shah Zafar
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Bahadur Shah II, also known by his poetic title Bahadur Shah Zafar, was the twentieth and last Mughal emperor and an Urdu poet. He was a titular emperor with his authority limited to the Walled City o
Portrait of Bahadur Shah II, c. 1850
Bahadur Shah Zafar Dargah Memorial, Yangon
Sons of Bahadur Shah Zafar. On the left is Jawan Bakht, and on the right is Mirza Shah Abbas.
The graves of Akhtar Mahal, Ashraf Mahal, and Taj Mahal Begum, Chausath Khamba
Akbar II
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Akbar II, 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 an
Bahadur Shah Zafar
…end to the nearly 500-year long Timurid dynasty started by Timur. His spouse was Zeenat Mahal. He was the second son and the successor to his father, Akbar II, who died in 1837. Bahadur Shah Zafar's father, Akbar II, had been imprisoned by the British and he was not his father's preferred choice as his…
Portrait of Akbar Shah II, c. 1827
Seal of Mughal emperor Akbar Shah II
The crown prince seated next to his blinded father Shah Alam II (c. 1800)
Silver Rupee from the Bombay Presidency, struck in Ahmedabad, in the name of Mughal emperor Akbar II.