In the beginning of the 14th century, it was an important outpost of the "Kakatiya kingdom". Ala-ud-din Bahman Shah, after seizing Devagiri, captured Mudgal along with Raichur. Some recent controversy regarding the original name of Mudgal had arisen by many Historians claiming that it was actually called "Al-Madaggal" during the Bahmani Sultanate era meaning "Place which has been agriculturally cultivated" in Arabic since the Bahmani Turks were predominantly Turko-Arab. After the establishment of the "Bahamani Dynasty", the "Bijapur kings" took possession of the western and southern parts of the territory of the Bahmani kingdom including the forts of Raichur and Mudgal.