H.R.H Mirza Muhamed Sultan Fateh-ul-Mulk Shah Bahadur, the Heir Apparent (Shahzada Ghulam Fakhr ud-din, Mirza Fakhru Sahib), eldest son of Bahadur Shah II, Emperor of Hindustan

December 31, 1851

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Bahadur Shah II 1837–1857
Painted by Mr. W.Carpenter, early 1852 . Republished in "the Illustrated London News, 1857
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Fig, 49; MIRZA FAKHRUDDIN WITH HIS TREASURER AND PHYSICIAN, by William Carpenter, February 1856, Mirza Fakbruddin (1816-56) was a younger sON of the Emperor Bahadur Shah II but the favourite of his father who wanted to make him his heir apparent overriding the claims of his eldest son Mirza Dara Bakht. Sensitive like his father to literature, he appointed Ghalib (fig. 48) as his court poet in 1854, two years before his untimely death. Watercolour, 35 x 24.7 cm. Victoria and Albert Museum, London, IS 193-1881.
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