Zeenat Mahal

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Zeenat Mahal
British Burma
Burial
Near the Mazar of Bahadur Shah, No. 6 Theatre Road, Yangon, Myanmar
Spouse
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(m. 1840⁠–⁠1862)​
IssueMirza Jawan Bakht
HouseTimurid

Zeenat Mahal (1823 – 17 July 1886) was the only wife and de facto regent of the Mughal Kingdom on behalf of her husband, the Mughal emperor Bahadur Shah Zafar.

Biography

Zeenat Mahal married

Mirza Jawan Bakht
.

She greatly influenced the emperor and, after the death of crown prince

Thomas Metcalfe, in 1853 for meddling too much in palace affairs.[2]

She resided at her own haveli, Zeenat Mahal, in Lal Kuan, old Delhi.[3][4]

1857 rebellion

During the

Rangoon
with her husband. After her husband's death in 1862, the British banned anyone from claiming the title of Emperor in an attempt to dissolve the monarchy.

Death

She died on 17 July 1886.[citation needed] Another source says that she "died more than 20 years after her husband."[5] She was buried in her husband's tomb in Yangon's Dagon Township near the Shwedagon Pagoda. The site later became known as Bahadur Shah Zafar Dargah.[6][7]

The grandchild of her and Bahadur Shah II is also buried alongside the couple.[8] After remaining lost for many decades, the tomb was discovered during a restoration exercise in 1991.[8]

Gallery

  • Kabin-name (Marriage Certificate) of Bahadur Shah and Zeenat Mahal
    Kabin-name (Marriage Certificate) of Bahadur Shah and Zeenat Mahal
  • A portraiture of Zeenat Mahal
    A portraiture of Zeenat Mahal
  • A portraiture of Zeenat Mahal
    A portraiture of Zeenat Mahal
  • A portraiture of Zeenat Mahal
    A portraiture of Zeenat Mahal
  • Zeenat Mahal's tomb in Yangon
    Zeenat Mahal's tomb in Yangon
  • Zeenat Mahal's haveli at Lal Kuan in Old Delhi
    Zeenat Mahal's haveli at Lal Kuan in Old Delhi

See also

  • Zeenat-un-Nissa

References

  1. OCLC 808342004
    .
  2. ^ The Hindu : A case of Delhi poisoning?
  3. ^ Smith, R. v. (16 October 2011). "The sad plight of Zeenat Mahal". The Hindu.
  4. ^ "The ruined haveli of Zeenat Mahal".
  5. ^ Smith, R. v. (16 October 2011). "The sad plight of Zeenat Mahal". The Hindu.
  6. ^ "PM to pay homage to last Mughal emperor". Daily News. 27 May 2012. Archived from the original on July 12, 2012. Retrieved 27 May 2012.
  7. ^ Sattar Kapadia. "Bahadur Shah Zafar Dargah". kapadia.com. Archived from the original on 25 October 2012. Retrieved 12 January 2014.
  8. ^
    CNN-IBN. May 29, 2012. Archived from the original
    on October 13, 2012.

External links

Media related to Zinat Mahal at Wikimedia Commons

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