Zinat Mahal
Zinat Mahal, d. 1882, Muglzal princess. Daughter of a courtier, Ahmad Quli, she was married to the last emperor of Delhi, Bahabur Shah, in 1840. Because of her great beauty she came to exercise great influence over the titular emperor and persuaded him, despite his old age, to become the leader of the rebel forces in 1857. When the emperor did not appoint her son, Jawan Bakht as the commander of the rebel forces, she started intriguing with the British, which so disgusted the rebels that they threatened to kidnap her. She was taken a prisoner along with Bahadur Shah on 21 September 1857. She was the only queen who accompanied Bahabur Shah in his exile to Rangoon, where she died in 1882.
