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1. ↑Persian pronunciation:ba.hɑː.ˈduɾ ʃɑːh za.ˈfaɾ
Listed by Wikipedia; underlying work not assessed1. 1William Dalrynple (2007). _Last Mughal (P/B)_. Penguin Books India. pp.xv, xvi, 110, 215, 216. ISBN978-0-14-310243-4.
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Listed by Wikipedia; underlying work not assessed3. 1Parvez, Aslam (1 February 2017). _The Life & Poetry of Bahadur Shah Zafar_. Hay House, Inc. ISBN978-93-85827-48-8.
Listed by Wikipedia; underlying work not assessed4. ↑Pati, Biswamoy (25 February 2010). _The Great Rebellion of 1857 in India: Exploring Transgressions, Contests and Diversities_. Routledge. p.151. ISBN978-1-135-22514-8.
Listed by Wikipedia; underlying work not assessed5. ↑Frances W. Pritchett, _Nets of Awareness: Urdu Poetry and Its Critics_ (1994), p. 5
Listed by Wikipedia; underlying work not assessed6. ↑Syed Mahdi Husain (2006). _Bahadur Shah Zafar and the War of 1857 in Delhi_. Aakar Books. p.36. ISBN9788187879916.
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Listed by Wikipedia; underlying work not assessed12. 1"Proceedings of the April 1858 Trial of Bahadur Shah Zafar 'King of Delhi'". _Parliamentary Papers_. June 1859.
Listed by Wikipedia; underlying work not assessed13. ↑Dalrymple, _The Last Mughal_, p. 223
Listed by Wikipedia; underlying work not assessed14. ↑Dalrymple, _The Last Mughal_, p. 145 fn
Listed by Wikipedia; underlying work not assessed15. ↑Dalrymple (2009, pp.341–47)
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Listed by Wikipedia; underlying work not assessed19. ↑Gill, M.S. _Trials that Changed History: From Socrates to Saddam Hussein_. p.53.
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Listed by Wikipedia; underlying work not assessed23. ↑Dalrymple, William (2007). _The Last Mughal: The Fall of Delhi, 1857_. Penguin India.
Listed by Wikipedia; underlying work not assessed24. ↑Dalrymple, William (2007). _The Last Mughal_. Penguin Books. ISBN9780143102434.
Listed by Wikipedia; underlying work not assessed25. ↑Dalrymple, _The Last Mughal_, p. 473
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Listed by Wikipedia; underlying work not assessedSource / catalogue ↗27. ↑Dalrymple, _The Last Mughal_, p. 474
Listed by Wikipedia; underlying work not assessed28. ↑Farooqi, Abdullah. "Bahadur Shah Zafar Ka Afsanae Gam". Farooqi Book Depot. Archived from the original on 9 July 2007. Retrieved 22 July 2007.
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Listed by Wikipedia; underlying work not assessed34. 1William Dalrymple, _The Last Mughal_, p. 79
Listed by Wikipedia; underlying work not assessed35. 1William Dalrymple, _The Last Mughal_, p. 80
Listed by Wikipedia; underlying work not assessed36. ↑Syed Mahdi Husain (2006). _Bahadur Shah Zafar and the War of 1857 in Delhi_. Aakar Books. p.38. ISBN9788187879916.
Listed by Wikipedia; underlying work not assessedSource / catalogue ↗37. ↑Syed Kamil Hussain (1998). _Social Institutions of Shia Muslims: An Anthropological Analysis_. Classical Publishing Company. p.34. ISBN9788170542674.
Listed by Wikipedia; underlying work not assessed38. ↑"Zoomify image: Poem composed by the Emperor Bahadhur Shah and addressed to the Governor General's Agent at Delhi February 1843". Bl.uk. 30 November 2003. Retrieved 13 November 2012.
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Listed by Wikipedia; underlying work not assessedSource / catalogue ↗ Additional / archive link ↗* Dalrymple, William (2009). _The Last Mughal: The Fall of a Dynasty, Delhi, 1857_. Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN978-1-4088-0688-3.
Listed by Wikipedia; underlying work not assessedSource / catalogue ↗* Garrett, H. L. O. (2007). _The Trial of Bahadur Shah Zafar_. Roli Books. ISBN978-8174365842.
Listed by Wikipedia; underlying work not assessed* Husain, S. Mahdi (2006). _Bahadur Shah Zafar and the War of 1857 in Delhi_. Aakar Books. ISBN8187879912.
Listed by Wikipedia; underlying work not assessedSource / catalogue ↗* Kanda, K. C. (2007). _Bahadur Shah Zafar and His Contemporaries: Zauq, Ghalib, Momin, Shefta: Selected Poetry_. Sterling Publishers Pvt. Ltd. ISBN978-81-207-3286-5.
Listed by Wikipedia; underlying work not assessedSource / catalogue ↗* Nayar, Pramod K. (2007). _The Trial of Bahadur Shah Zafar_. Orient Longman. ISBN978-81-250-3270-0.
Listed by Wikipedia; underlying work not assessedSource / catalogue ↗* Shashi, Shyam Singh (1999). _Encyclopaedia Indica: Bahadur Shah II, The Last Mughal Emperor_. Anmol Publications. ISBN978-81-7041-859-7.
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