The last Mughal emperor, Bahadur Shah Zafar, spent his final years in exile in Rangoon, where he died in 1862 after being imprisoned by the British. He often expressed his longing for the lost ...

The last day of Mughal empire On September 17, 1857, Bahadur Shah Zafar fled the Red Fort, but three days later, he was arrested by the British at Humayun’s tomb, where he had taken refuge. Thus ...

An Evening Presentation by William Dalrymple, author; Presented by the Royal Geographical Society Hong Kong The last Mughal Emperor, Bahadur Shah Zafar II, was a mystic, a talented poet, and a skilled ...