History of the Qaraunah Turks in India c11.230

c11.230

‘Ala-al-Din Hasan who is known by the name of Hasan Gangū or Kāngū, was one of the leading soldiers of that country, and in concert with a party of miscreants and rebellious persons in the capital of the Deccan raised the standard of sovereignty and took the title of Sultan ‘Ala-al-Din. Sultan Muhammad, owing to the rebellion in Gujarat, could not get an opportunity to suppress him and during the same period died in the neighbourhood of Thatta. The glory of the Bahmani kingdom continued for 139 years from the beginning of 748 to 887 A.H. which is the date of the accession of Muhammad Shah and since Hasan Kāngū called himself a descendant of Bahman bin Isfandiyar, “the title of Bahmani has been applied to his heirs and descendants.”’¹²¹