<Tr> <Th> Mother </Th> <Td> Lal Bai </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Religion </Th> <Td> Islam </Td> </Tr> <P> Mirza Abu Zafar Sirajuddin Muhammad Bahadur Shah Zafar (24 October 1775--7 November 1862) was the last Mughal emperor . He was the second son of Akbar ll of and became the successor to his father, Akbar II, upon his death on 28 September 1837 . He was a nominal Emperor, as the Mughal Empire existed in name only and his authority was limited only to the city of Delhi (Shahjahanabad). Following his involvement in the Indian Rebellion of 1857, the British exiled him to Rangoon in British - controlled Burma, after convicting him on conspiracy charges . </P> <P> Zafar's father, Akbar II had been imprisoned by the English and he was not his father's preferred choice as his successor . One of Akbar Shah's queens, Mumtaz Begum, pressured him to declare her son, Mirza Jahangir, as his successor . However, The East India Company exiled Jahangir after he attacked their resident, in the Red Fort, paving the way for Zafar to assume the throne . </P>

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