99% of Urdu readers think that (even in text books of Pakistan universities) famous ghazal -
na kisi ki aankh ka noor hun, na kisi ke dil ka qarar hun
jo kisi ke kaam na aa sake, main woh ik mushte gubar hun
belongs to Bahadur Shah Zafar.
Even new couplets, wrong words and takhallus were added . But in actuality it belongs to pre-partition Indian poet Muztar kherabadi. Attached is image which is scanned to me by a very highly literate friend in Urdu literature!
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It is disputed even then. Few scholars have refuted that this was Muztar's ghazal. I shall let you know soon.
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