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The anguish of Bahadur Shah Zafar
The last of the Mughal Emperors -Â Bahadur Shah Zafar - died in exile after the 1857 War of Independence. He was a gifted poet and a patron of struggling artists in Delhi. I found a translation of his famous ghazal. Full entry here >>
April 5th, 2007 at 4:30 am
Pl add the “Maqta” Raza which probably sums up the tragic life of the Emperor!
ITNA HAI BAD-NASEEB ZAFAR DAFN KE LIYE
DO GAZ ZAMEEN BHI NA MILI KOO-E YAR MEN
The poet was not allowed to be buried in Delhi and his mortal body was carried to Rangoon where his last resting place is.
April 10th, 2007 at 7:45 pm
I have always admired and sympathized with Zafar, a remarkable man who is quite insensitively derided by some as a decadent. I wish such observers could turn their critical attention to Aurangzeb who undid so much.
Keep posting!
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April 11th, 2007 at 7:32 pm
this was probably his best ghazal. i don’t know much more than the basics of the history of the last mughal emperor but the most interesting stories about his court, to me at least, are the poetic squabbles of zauq and ghalib.
like your blog dude.
April 13th, 2007 at 3:53 am
It is definitely a great ghazal.
thanks for leaving the comment, dude ): and keep visiting..