The Bahmani Sultanate by now was breaking up into smaller independent chiefdoms. Qasim Barid I, the  Bahmani Prime Minister offered Narasa Nayaka the forts of Raichur and Mudgal in return for help in defeating fellow Turko-Persian Yusuf Adil Shah of the Bijapur Sultanate.
Qasim Barid I, the Bahmani Prime Minister, offered Narasa Nayaka control of Raichur and Mudgal forts in exchange for military support to combat Yusuf Adil Shah, a rival ruler from the Bijapur Sultanate.