Zinat Mahal
Zinat Mahal (* 1821 ; † 1882 in Burma ), also called Nawab Zinat Mahal Begum or Zeenat Mahal , was the main wife of the last Indian mogul Bahadur Shah II. She was the only one of his wives who herself belonged to a noble family. The two married in 1840. Bahadur Shah was already 64 years old at the time.
Zinat Mahal was able to oust Bahadur Shah's previous favorite wife and gave birth to a son, Mirza Jawan Bakht . She tried to secure the succession to the throne for him over the next few years, although he was the fifteenth of a total of 16 sons of the Grand Mughal. In the Indian Uprising of 1857 she supported the British, while her husband at least nominally led the uprising. After the suppression of the uprising, she followed the Mughal into exile in Burma, where she died.
literature
- Beisinger, Ursula, The origins of the uprising of 1857 in Oudh , Frankfurt am Main, Univ., Diss., 1959
- Hibbert, Christopher, The great mutiny: India 1857 , London [u. a.]: Penguin Books, 1988
- Roy, Tapti, The politics of a popular uprising: Bundelkhand in 1857 , Delhi [u. a.]: Oxford Univ. Press, 1994
Web links
- Nawab Zeenat Mahal ( Memento from August 25, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Zinat Mahal |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Nawab Zinat Mahal Begum |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Main wife of the last Indian mogul, Bahadur Shah II. |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1821 |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1882 |
| Place of death | Burma |