Bahadur Shah II
E12758
Bahadur Shah II was the last Mughal emperor of India, remembered for his symbolic leadership role in the Indian Rebellion of 1857 and his subsequent exile by the British.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Bahadur Shah II canonical | 38 |
| Bahadur Shah Zafar | 16 |
| Abu Zafar Sirajuddin Muhammad Bahadur Shah Zafar | 1 |
| Bahadur Shah | 1 |
| Bahadur Shah II (Bahadur Shah Zafar) | 1 |
| Last Mughal emperor | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T115173 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Bahadur Shah II Context triple: [Mughal Empire, lastEmperor, Bahadur Shah II]
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A.
Siraj ud-Daulah
Siraj ud-Daulah was the last independent Nawab of Bengal, whose defeat by the British East India Company at the Battle of Plassey in 1757 marked a key turning point in the establishment of British rule in India.
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B.
Rani Lakshmibai
Rani Lakshmibai was the queen of Jhansi and a legendary Indian freedom fighter renowned for her bravery and leadership against British colonial rule during the mid-19th century.
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C.
Emperor of India
The Emperor of India was the imperial title used by British monarchs from 1876 to 1948 to signify their sovereignty over the territories of the British Raj.
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D.
Karamchand Gandhi
Karamchand Gandhi was an Indian political figure who served as the diwan (chief minister) of the princely state of Porbandar and was the father of Mahatma Gandhi.
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E.
Nathuram Godse
Nathuram Godse was an Indian nationalist and former RSS member who assassinated Mahatma Gandhi in 1948, becoming one of the most infamous figures in modern Indian history.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Bahadur Shah II Target entity description: Bahadur Shah II was the last Mughal emperor of India, remembered for his symbolic leadership role in the Indian Rebellion of 1857 and his subsequent exile by the British.
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A.
Siraj ud-Daulah
Siraj ud-Daulah was the last independent Nawab of Bengal, whose defeat by the British East India Company at the Battle of Plassey in 1757 marked a key turning point in the establishment of British rule in India.
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B.
Rani Lakshmibai
Rani Lakshmibai was the queen of Jhansi and a legendary Indian freedom fighter renowned for her bravery and leadership against British colonial rule during the mid-19th century.
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C.
Emperor of India
The Emperor of India was the imperial title used by British monarchs from 1876 to 1948 to signify their sovereignty over the territories of the British Raj.
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D.
Karamchand Gandhi
Karamchand Gandhi was an Indian political figure who served as the diwan (chief minister) of the princely state of Porbandar and was the father of Mahatma Gandhi.
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E.
Nathuram Godse
Nathuram Godse was an Indian nationalist and former RSS member who assassinated Mahatma Gandhi in 1948, becoming one of the most infamous figures in modern Indian history.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Indian monarch
ⓘ
Mughal emperor ⓘ historical figure ⓘ poet ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Bahadur Shah II
ⓘ
surface form:
Bahadur Shah Zafar
Zafar ⓘ |
| associatedWithEthnicGroup |
Mughal dynasty
ⓘ
surface form:
Mughals
|
| associatedWithPlace |
Red Fort
ⓘ
surface form:
Red Fort, Delhi
|
| birthDate | 1775-10-24 ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
Delhi
ⓘ
Mughal Empire (in much of the territory) ⓘ
surface form:
Mughal Empire
|
| burialPlace |
Dargah of Bahadur Shah Zafar
ⓘ
Yangon ⓘ
surface form:
Rangoon
|
| causeOfExile | suppression of the Indian Rebellion of 1857 by the British ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
Mughal Empire (in much of the territory)
ⓘ
surface form:
Mughal Empire
|
| deathDate | 1862-11-07 ⓘ |
| deathPlace |
Burma (until 1937)
ⓘ
surface form:
British Burma
Yangon ⓘ
surface form:
Rangoon
|
| dynasty | Timurid dynasty ⓘ |
| endOfReignReason | deposition by the British ⓘ |
| era | 19th century ⓘ |
| exiledBy | British Empire ⓘ |
| father | Akbar II ⓘ |
| fullName |
Bahadur Shah II
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Abu Zafar Sirajuddin Muhammad Bahadur Shah Zafar
|
| genre | ghazal ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance |
marked the formal end of the Mughal Empire
ⓘ
symbol of resistance against British colonial rule in 1857 ⓘ |
| house |
Timurid dynasty
ⓘ
surface form:
House of Timur
|
| languageOfWorkOrName |
Persian
ⓘ
Urdu ⓘ |
| mother | Lal Bai ⓘ |
| movement | late Mughal literary culture ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being the last Mughal emperor of India
ⓘ
symbolic leadership in the Indian Rebellion of 1857 ⓘ |
| notableWork | Urdu ghazals ⓘ |
| participantIn | Indian Rebellion of 1857 ⓘ |
| penName | Zafar ⓘ |
| placeOfExile |
Myanmar
ⓘ
surface form:
Burma
Yangon ⓘ
surface form:
Rangoon
|
| positionHeld | Emperor of the Mughal Empire ⓘ |
| predecessor | Akbar II ⓘ |
| reignEnd | 1857 ⓘ |
| reignStart | 1837 ⓘ |
| religion |
Islam
ⓘ
Sunni Islam ⓘ |
| roleInEvent | symbolic leader of the Indian Rebellion of 1857 ⓘ |
| spouse |
Ashraf Mahal
ⓘ
Taj Mahal Begum ⓘ Zeenat Mahal ⓘ |
| successor | none ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Bahadur Shah II Description of subject: Bahadur Shah II was the last Mughal emperor of India, remembered for his symbolic leadership role in the Indian Rebellion of 1857 and his subsequent exile by the British.
Referenced by (58)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Mughal Empire
this entity surface form:
Abu Zafar Sirajuddin Muhammad Bahadur Shah Zafar
this entity surface form:
Bahadur Shah Zafar
this entity surface form:
Bahadur Shah Zafar
this entity surface form:
Last Mughal emperor
this entity surface form:
Bahadur Shah Zafar
this entity surface form:
Bahadur Shah Zafar
this entity surface form:
Bahadur Shah Zafar
this entity surface form:
Bahadur Shah Zafar
this entity surface form:
Bahadur Shah Zafar
this entity surface form:
Bahadur Shah Zafar
this entity surface form:
Bahadur Shah Zafar
this entity surface form:
Bahadur Shah
this entity surface form:
Bahadur Shah Zafar
this entity surface form:
Bahadur Shah Zafar