The administrative system during the rule of the Bahamani kingdom was well-organized. Alauddin I divided the kingdom into four divisions called tarafs each entrusted under the command of an officer called tarafdar.
During the rule of bahamani kingdom, those nobles who kept 500 horses were given 1000,000 huns annually. Nobles used to get their salary either in cash or in the form of a grant of land or ‘jagir’.