An absorbing, authentic and exemplary chronicle - studded with rare nuggets of information and enthralling anecdotes - of one of the most tragic figures of history who was witness to the end of a glorious dynasty. First published in Urdu in 1986, this ‘labour of love’ brings alive the life and poetry of Bahadur Shah Zafar (1775 to 1862), the last Mughal Emperor. Zafar presided over a crucial period in Indian history when the country was subjugated and ...
