40. The Bahmani Dynasty. 
By Mavnavi ‘App’uL Wati. 
Major Wolseley Haig, I.A., has published some illuminat- 
ing ‘‘ Notes on the Bahmant Dynasty’’ in this Journal 
(Part I, Extra No., 1904, pp. 1—15). He has there clearly 
, therefore, to me a surprise to find in pea ** Haft- 
felts of Amin Ahmad Razi, who wrote it in 1002 H., 
— the time of Firishta, the following passage under 
akan :— 
— aw! we wo} sdle whi Js! 9 = taal as, lS Sle Js! dab 
wr arse Oulve 0 lyorigae! wr crew! 22 Nyy rarer) hal wyatt — wo ° 
# ail leisy isiet! Fy abindes 
** The first Dynasty bo Ba of the Kings of Gulbarga. 
The founder of it was d-din-Hasan. As the author 
of the ‘Uyinu-t-Tarikh eee is pedigree to Bahitian oe 
Isfandyar, so as a matter of pee the Dynasty becam 
famous under the cognomen Bahm ” 
The inference drawn by sean cn who wrote before the 
time of Firishta, is quite in accordance with Major Haig’s con- 
clusions. Not unfortunately having seen the ‘Uyinu-t-Tarikh 
I am unable to giv her information on the matter. 
The MS. of eis Haft-Iqlim, which belongs to the A.S.B. 
(D/347) has 45 .—= Hasan K@kuya instead of Kanku or 
Gangu. The word is a puzzle. Is it the Dakani corruption for 
Kaikaiis (wSS the name of the King’s father ? If this knotty 
point can be cleared up, the full name and title of the founder 
of the Bahmani Dynasty will run somewhat thus :— 
ushee PIES op Er Cn! sile 
‘Alau’d-din Hasan bin! Kaikaiis* Bahmani. 
I the word bin be dropped, and an ‘ziifat sik: Gade n of Hasan 
(Hasan the card = still be correct and more in conformity with that 
Wri 
2 If the lotion - ee og”? of Kaikaiis be left out, the word may give 
Tise to the following variants, in Persian character—Kaikau, Kankau, 
Kanku, Gangu, Kaku, ete. 
