Road, which runs behind the Red Fort, would have seen a yellowing marble tower set in the fort wall between the Diwan e Khas and Rang Mahal. That’s why it is called Musamman Burj, popularly known as Saman Burj. At dawn on May 11, Bahadur Shah Zafar was sitting in the Musamman Burj, praying when he heard a noise and saw smoke. Soon they were under the Musamman Burj. Bahadur Shah Zafar called the British officers whose writ ran in Delhi in those days and asked, writes Dehlvi: “How has a religious fight reared its head?

Source: The Hindu May 13, 2017 13:30 UTC