Last Days of Mughals

Essays

How the Boiling Loins of Shah Alam II Extinguished the Mughal Empire

How the Boiling Loins of Shah Alam II Extinguished the Mughal Empire

Shah Alam II's addiction to opium and sexual depravity resulted in the final takeover of the Mughal Empire by the British

Bahadur Shah Zafar's Profligate Spending Financed by British Pension

Bahadur Shah Zafar's Profligate Spending Financed by British Pension

The second and concluding part of our series on life inside Bahadur Shah Zafar's Red Fort shows how he and his royalty indulged in extravagant spending and led a reckless life.

An Inside View of the Crumbling World Within Bahadur Shah Zafar’s Red Fort

An Inside View of the Crumbling World Within Bahadur Shah Zafar’s Red Fort

A highly interesting compilation titled "Precis of Palace Intelligence" gives us an insider's picture of Bahadur Shah Zafar's Red Fort inhabited by 2000 people.