History of the Qaraunah Turks in India c11.239

c11.239

The title of Bahman Shah which Hasan assumed has nothing to do with the word Brahman. He does not call himself Bahmani as is proved by numismatic and inscriptional evidence. The contemporary inscription dated 754 A.H. (1353 A.D.) which forms a part of the inscription in the fortress of Kulburga, the capital of the Bahmani kings, clearly mentions his title as ‘Alāudduniya Wal-Dīn Bahman Shah.¹²⁶ The evidence of coins tends to prove the same thing. The superscription on his coins¹²⁷ is ‘Al-Sultan al-āzam ‘Alaudduniyā Wal-dīn Abū-al-Muzaffar Bahman Shāh al Sultan’ and his son is styled on his coins as Muhammad Shah bin Bahman Shah¹²⁸ which clearly shows that Hasan never called himself Bah-