BAHADUR SHAH ZAFAR GRAVE (Yangon)

Myanmar / Rangun / Rangoon / Yangon
Bahadur Shah Zafar Grave, located at Zi Wa Ka Street, is a grave of last of the Mughal emperors in India, as well as the last ruler of the Timurid Dynasty. After Indian rebellion of 1857, he was exiled to Rangoon, in 1858 along with his wife Zeenat Mahal and some of the remaining members of the family. Bahadur Shah died on 7 November 1862. Today you can see his tomb, and if you are lucky, a guide may be there to give you a lot of information about this Sufi saint. There is no entrance fee, but you can give donations to local Sufis.
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Coordinates:   16°47'23"N   96°9'2"E

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  • There are two great Indian fighters of the war of independence who devoted their entire lives for the freedom of the country but after their death they could not get even two yards of land for burial in their beloved country. The first name among such unfortunate persons is that of the hero of India’s first war of independence Bahadur Shah Zafar and the second name of the same period is that of the great warrior lady Begum Hazrat Mahal who took an active part in India’s first war of independence of 1857.
  • 'Karavan-e-Ghazal' (alternate title: Dastaan-e-Ghazal) is a serial in 13 parts on the history and origin of the ghazal' beginning with Amir Khusro in the 13 th Century and ending with Faiz Ahmed Faiz. The serial records the contributions of poets like Quli Qutub Shah, Waris Shah, Siraj Aurangabadi, Arzoo, Anand Ram Mukhlis, Abdul Hai Taban, Jafar Zalalli, Meer Taqi Meer, Mus Hafi, Nazeer Akbarabadi, Ghalib, Bahadur Shah Zafar, Dagh, lqbal, Josh and Bismil.
  • MY HEART HAS NO REPOSE IN THIS DESPOILED LAND WHO HAS EVER FELT FULFILLED IN THIS FUTILE WORLD? THE NIGHTINGALE COMPLAINS ABOUT NEITHER THE SENTINEL NOR THE HUNTER FATE HAD DECREED IMPRISONMENT DURING THE HARVEST OF SPRING TELL THESE LONGINGS TO GO DWELL ELSEWHERE WHAT SPACE IS THERE FOR THEM IN THIS BESMIRCHED HEART? SITTING ON A BRANCH OF FLOWERS, THE NIGHTINGALE REJOICES IT HAS STREWN THORNS IN THE GARDEN OF MY HEART I ASKED FOR A LONG LIFE, I RECEIVED FOUR DAYS TWO PASSED IN DESIRE, TWO IN WAITING. THE DAYS OF LIFE ARE OVER, EVENING HAS FALLEN I SHALL SLEEP, LEGS OUTSTRETCHED, IN MY TOMB HOW UNFORTUNATE IS ZAFAR! FOR HIS BURIAL NOT EVEN TWO YARDS OF LAND WERE TO BE HAD, IN THE LAND OF HIS BELOVED
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