History of the Qaraunah Turks in India c11.222.2

c11.222.2

The incident was communicated to Sultan Ghiyas-al-Din Tughluq who showed much kindness to Hasan and enrolled him among his amirs. One day the Brahman cast his horoscope and told him that he would attain to greatness at some future date. He made him promise that if ever his prophecy came true he would associate his name with his own. Hasan readily accepted the suggestion, and it was in consequence of this promise that he styled himself Hasan Kāngū or Gangū Bahmani.¹¹⁵ Firishta in the course of his narrative refers to certain historical works which he consulted regarding the origin of Hasan Kāngū. He writes: “The *Tuhfatuh-al-Salātīn*, *Sirāj-al-Tawārīkh*, and *Bahmannama Deccani* have not said anything clearly regarding the origin of ‘Ala-al-Din Hasan Kāngū Bahmani. But in some places where the authors of these works have pronounced a eulogy upon him, they have traced his descent from the Kiyānī kings of Persia, and in other places they have traced his pedigree to Bahman and Isfandiyār. He is described as a scion of the house of Bahman and an illuminator of his palace—things that go to prove his descent from Isfandiyār.” As regards *Bahmannamah* Firishta doubts its authenticity and says that the work was not written by Shaikh Āzarī to whom its authorship is ascribed, for the verses which he has cited from it do not appear to be from the pen of a practised master of the poetical art. Besides, he says, he has never come across the poet’s *nom-de-plume* under which he wrote.