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Bahadur Shah Zafar

Born

in Delhi, India

October 24, 1775

Died

November 07, 1862

Genre

Poetry

Influences

Mirza Ghalib, Ibrahim Zauq, Shah Naseer

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Mirza Abu Zafar Sirajuddin Muhammad Bahadur Shah Zafar was the last emperor of India and a member of the Mughal Timurid dynasty. He became the successor to his father, Akbar II with his death on 28 September 1837. He used Zafar, (translation: victory) a part of his name.

He was one of the great Urdu poets of his time and a disciple of famous Urdu poets Shaikh Ibrahim Zauq and Mirza Ghalib. Four of Zafar's poetry collections were published prior to the War of Independence 1857, when much of his unpublished poetry was lost. After the Rebellion, he was exiled to Burma. His total present works comprise about thirty thousand couplets, covering almost all genres of Urdu poetry. Zafar died in exile on 7 November 1862 in Rangoon (now Yangon) at the ...more

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Average rating: 3.94 · 33 ratings · 4 reviews · 16 distinct works

	Selected Poems Of Bahadur Shah 'Zafar' by Bahadur Shah Zafar, Khwaja Tariq Mahmood (Translator), Amar Varma (Compiler) 4.07 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 2003	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Intikhab-e-Kalaam: Bahadur Shah Zafar / انتخاب کلام : بہادر شاہ ظفر by Bahadur Shah Zafar, Tanzeem-ul-Firdous (Editor) 3.33 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2015	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Zafar by Bahadur Shah Zafar, OP Sharma (Editor) 4.67 avg rating — 3 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mashhoor Shayaron kee Pratinidhi Shayari Bahadur Shah Zafar 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dewan e Zafar/ دیوانِ ظفر really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Bahadaur Shah Zafar it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2007	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	بہادر شاہ ظفر- حا لات زندگی اور انتخاب کلام liked it 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	DIVAN OF ZAFAR by Bahadur Shah Zafar, Paul Smith (Translator) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Badshahi Se Jilawatni 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	UJRE DEYAR MEIN by Bahadur Shah Zafar 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“in hasrato.n se kah do kahii.n aur jaa base.n
itnii jagah kahaa.n hai dil-e-daaG-daar me.n
The poet/lover wants desires to find some other place to live because his heart is already full of suffering.”
― Bahadur Shah Zafar

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“la.Daa kar aa.nkh us se ham ne dushman kar liyaa apnaa
nigah ko naaz ko andaaz ko abruu ko mizhgaa.n ko
The poet/lover has made himself an easy target for the killing effect of the glance, pride, eyebrows and eyelashes of the beloved. He was so foolish to have fixed his eyes at the beloved.”
― Bahadur Shah Zafar

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“I have got the blessed eye of faith”
― Bahadur Shah Zafar, Intikhab-e-Kalaam: Bahadur Shah Zafar / انتخاب کلام : بہادر شاہ ظفر

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