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Zeenat Mahal

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The grandchild of her and Bahadur Shah II is also buried alongside the couple. After remaining lost for many decades, the tomb was discovered during a restoration exercise in 1991.
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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.
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She died on 17 July 1886. Another source says that she "died more than 20 years after her husband." She was buried in her husband's tomb in
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Zeenat Mahal's supposed only known photograph, possibly the only photograph that exists of any Mughal empress
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She greatly influenced the emperor and, after the death of crown prince
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Near the Mazar of Bahadur Shah, No. 6 Theatre Road, Yangon, Myanmar
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The Prime Minister at Bahadur Shah Zafar's Dargah (Video)
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The house in which the King was confined, photograph by
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Index

Empress consort
Hindustan
Begum
Sahiba

Padshah Begum
Badshah Begum
Rangoon
British Burma
Bahadur Shah II
Issue
Mirza Jawan Bakht
House
Timurid
de facto
Mughal Kingdom
Bahadur Shah Zafar
Bahadur Shah II
Delhi
Mirza Jawan Bakht
Mirza Dara Bakht
Mirza Fath-ul-Mulk Bahadur
primogeniture
British
Thomas Metcalfe
haveli
Lal Kuan
old Delhi

Felice Beato

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