 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.