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caught in a chain and that to the chain was attached a chest contain¬ 
ing dshrajis and uncoined gold, which he took straight to his master. 
The Brahman was so pleased with Hasan’s honesty that he brought 
him to the notice of the prince, Muhammad-bin Tughlaq, by whose in¬ 
fluence he obtained an appointment in the imperial service. Shortly 
after this the Brahman informed Hasan that he had cast his horoscope, 
and foretold that he would rise to the highest dignity. He asked him 
to promise that he would, when this prophecy should be fulfilled, take 
the name of his original benefactor as part of his title, and Hasan made 
the required promise and, when the time came, fulfilled it by styling 
himself, as king, “ Hasan Kanku-i-Bahmani.” In corroboration of this 
story Firishta records (i. 527) that Hasan, after being proclaimed king 
of the Dakan, made Kanku the Brahman the controller of the finances 
of his kingdom, and that he was the first Muhammadan ruler to em¬ 
ploy a Brahman in so high a post. 
The only authority which we have for this story is that of Firishta, 
for EliafI Khan, being admittedly little more than a copyist so far as 
the affairs of the Dakan are concerned, cannot be accounted an authori¬ 
ty. The author of the Tabaqat-i-Akbari , the Burhdn-i-Ma’dsir, and 
the Tazkiratu-l-Muluk relate other legends, all more or less improbable, 
but do not commit themselves to Firishta’s account of Hasan’s servitude 
in the house of a Hindu. The predictions of his greatness are attribu¬ 
ted variously to one Gangu, a Brahman, not said to be his master, 
Shaikh Nizamu-d-din Auliya of Dihli, and Shaikh Muhammad Siraj-i- 
Junaidi, in whose service he is said to have held some post. 
The titles of Hasan, as king of the Dakan, are variously given by 
historians as follows:—In Firishta’s history (i. 525), ‘ Ala’u-d-din 
Hasan Kanku-i-Bahmanl, by Khafi Khan in the third volume of the 
Muntakhabu-l-Lubdb, i Aid 9 u-d-din KankiL-i-Bahmani, curf Hasan , by 
Nizamu-d-din Ahmad in the Tabaqat-i-Akbari , ‘ Ala’u-d-din Hasan Shah , 
by ‘ Ali-bin ‘ Azazi-’llah Tabataba in the Burhdn-i-Ma’ dsir, i Ala’u-d-din 
Hasan Shah Gangu-i-Bahmani , and ‘ Aid’u-d-din Hasan Shah al Vali-ul- 
Bahmani , by the author of the Tazkiratu-l-Muluk , ‘ Ala’u-d-din Bahman 
Shah , and by Badaoni in the Muntakhabu-t-Tawdrikh (i. 231) “ the 
Sultan who is known as Hasan Kanku and at last obtained the King¬ 
dom of the Dakan under the title of 1 Ala’u-d-din Bahman Shah.” . 
The title given by Badaoni and the author of the Tazkiratu-l- 
Muluk is correct. Hasan did not add to his title the epithet Bahmani , 
but assumed the name of Bahman. There is in the fort of Gulbarga 
a contemporary inscription, bearing the date A.H. 754 (A.D. 1353) 
in which his titles are given as “ ‘Ala’u-d-dunya wa’d-dln Abu-’l-Muzaffar 
Bahman Shah.” The names Hasan and Kanku, or Gangh, and the 
