Bahadur Shah II, Mughal emperor (born 1775)

Bahadur Shah Zafar

Mughal Emperor from 1837 to 1857

Bahadur Shah II,, usually referred to by his poetic title Bahadur Shah Zafar, was the twentieth and last Mughal emperor and a Urdu poet. His spouse was Zeenat Mahal. He was the second son and the successor to his father, Akbar II, who died in 1837. He was a titular Emperor, as…