Ala-ud-Din Bahman Shah

Ala-ud-Din Bahman Shah
Ala-ud-Din Bahman Shah
1st Bahmani Sultan
Monarch3 August 1347 – 10 February 1358
SuccessorMohammed Shah I
BornZafar Khan
1290–1292[1][2]
Died10 February 1358(1358-02-10) (aged 65–66)[3]
Burial
IssueSultan Muhammed Shah I, Prince Mahmud, Prince Dawood
Regnal name
Ala-ud-din Hasan

Ala-ud-Din Hasan Bahman Shah (Persian: علاء الدين بهمن شاه; died 10 February 1358)[4] whose original name was Zafar Khan or Hasan Gangu, was the founder of the Bahmani Sultanate.

  1. ^ Sherwani 1946, Alauddin Hassan Shah Bahamani pp.69.
  2. ^ History of the Deccan. Mittal Publications. 1990. p. 15. This man was called Hasan. He was born in the year 1290 (A.D.) and was in very humble circumstances.
  3. ^ Briggs 1909, Death of Alauddin Hassan Shah Bahamani pp. 297.
  4. ^ Shokoohy, Mehrdad (ed.), "Alauddin Hassan Shah Bahamani", Encyclopædia Iranica