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Sardgaah: plot in Mehrauli where Zafar wanted to be buried 

Lagta Nahin Hai Dil Meraby Bahadur Shah Zafar

Lagtaa nahin hai dil meraa ujday dayaar mein 

kis ki bani hai aalam-e-naa_paayedaar mein 
kah do in hasraton se kahin aur jaa basein 

itani jagah kahaan hai dil-e-daagdaar mein
umr-e-daraaz maang kar laaye they chaar din 

do arzoo mein kaT gaye do intezaar mein 
kitnaa hai bad_naseeb “Zafar” dafn key liye 

do gaz zamin bhi na mili kuu-e-yaar mein 
( This grassy plot in Zafar Mahal in Mehrauli was supposed to be Bahadur Shah Zafar’s grave , next to His ancestors)

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