Zafar - Life & Poems

ZAFAR: LIFE & POEMS Translation & Introduction by Paul Smith Bahadur Shah Zafar (1775-1862) was the last of the Mughal emperors in India, as well as the last ruler of the Timurid Dynasty. He presided over a Mughal empire that barely extended beyond Delhi's Red Fort. The British Raj was the dominant political and military power in 19th-century India. He was finally exiled to Rangoon. Modern India views him as one of its first nationalists, someone who actively opposed British rule in India. ...