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Zeenat Mahal, also spelled Zinat Mahal,(1823 - 17 July 1886) was the de facto Empress who ruled the Mughal Empire on behalf of the Emperor Bahadur Shah II Zafar. She was his favourite wife.
She greatly influenced the Emperor and, after the death of the Crown Prince Mirza Dara Bakht, she began promoting her son Mirza Jawan Bakht as heir to the throne over the Emperor's remaining eldest son Mirza Fath-ul-Mulk Bahadur. But due to the primogeniture policy of the British, this was not accepted.[1] She was suspected of poisoning the British Resident in Delhi, Thomas Metcalfe, in 1853 for meddling too much in palace affairs.
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Begum Sahiba Zeenat Mahal, also spelled Zinat Mahal, was the de facto Empress who ruled the Mughal Empire on behalf of the Emperor Bahadur Shah II Zafar. She was his favourite wife.
Born: 1823
Died: 17 July 1886, Yangon,
Myanmar (Burma)
Spouse: Bahadur Shah Zafar (m. 1840–1862)
House: Timurid dynasty
Children: Mirza Jawan Bakht