 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Mukati mokukombwa kweDelhiapo rukundo rweBritain rwakava rwechokwadi, Zafar akapotera paGuva raHumayun, munharaunda iyo panguva iyoyo yaiva kumucheto kweDelhi. Mauto eKambani aitungamirirwa naMajor William Hodson akakomberedza guva uye Zafar akabatwa musi wa20 Gunyana 1857. Zuva rakatevera, Hodson akapfura vanakomana vake Mirza Mughal naMirza Khizr Sultan, uye muzukuru Mirza Abu Bakht pasi pesimba rake paKhooni Darwaza, padyo neDelhi Gate ndokuzivisa kuti Delhi yakatorwa. Bahadur Shah amene akaendeswa kuhaveli yomudzimai wake, uko akabatwa nokusaremekedza navatapi vake. Paakaudzwa nezvokupondwa kwevanakomana vake nomuzukuru wake, aimbova mambo akarondedzerwa seakakatyamadzwa uye akaora mwoyo zvokuti akanga asingakwanisi kuita chimwe chinhu. 