Career
Ala-ud-Din"s origin is too obscure to admit or being traced. He is believed to be Turkic, who was a servant of an Brahmin astrologer named Gangu (Gangadhar Shastri Wabale) of Delhi or Ala-ud-Din was a Brahmin convert. And form that source the dynasty got the name Bahmani.
Gangu began his career as a general serving under the Sultan Muhammad bin Tughluq.
He received the title of Zafar Khan after becoming a governor. In 1347 he was made commander of an army in Daulatabad.
On 3 August 1347 Nasir-ud-Din Ismail Shah (Ismail Mukh, whom the rebel amirs of the Deccan placed on the throne of Daulatabad in 1345) abdicated in his favour and he set up the Bahmani Kingdom with its headquarters at Ahsanabad (Gulbarga). On establishing an independent kingdom Gangu took the title of Abu"l-Muzaffar Ala-ud-din Bahman Shah.
He gave Ismail Mukh a jagir near Jamkhandi and later conferred to him the highest title of his kingdom, Amir-ul-Umara.
Bahman Shah led his first campaign against Warangal in 1350 and forced its ruler Kapaya Nayaka to cede to him the fortress of Kaulas. His kingdom was divided into four provinces and he appointed a governor for each province. During his reign Hasan fought many wars with Vijayanagar.
By the time of his death the kingdom stretched from north to south from the Wainganga River to Krishna and east to west from Bhongir to Daulatabad.
