Abul Zafar Siraj-ud-Din Muhammad Bahadur Shah Zafar (1775–1862), commonly known as Bahadur Shah Zafar, was the last Mughal emperor of India and a renowned Urdu poet. He became emperor in 1837, although by then Mughal authority was largely limited to Delhi and its surrounding areas.
Bahadur Shah Zafar is especially remembered for his role during the Indian Rebellion of 1857, when Indian rebels proclaimed him their symbolic leader. After the rebellion was suppressed by the British.
