INDIA, Mughal Empire. Jalal al-Din Muhammad Akbar, 1556-1605. Rupee (Silver, 20x20 mm, 11.23 g, 12 h), Fathpur, AH 986 = AD 1578/9. In the center, ‘lā ilāha illā Allāh / Muḥammad / rasūl Allāh’ (‘There is no deity but Allah. Muhammad is the messenger of Allah’ in Arabic); around, in the form of a square, traces of the names of the four Rashidun Caliphs, ‘be sedq-e Abī Bakr / be adl-e Omar / be hayāʾ-e Osmān / be elm-e Alī’ (‘By the truthfulness of Abubakr, by the justice of ʿUmar, by the modesty of ʿUthman, by the knowledge of ʿAli’ in Persian). Rev. In the center, ‘[Ja]lāl al-Dīn [Muḥa]mmad Akbar pādeshāh-e Qāzī 986’ (‘The Holy Warrior King Jalal al-Din Muhammad Akbar. 986’ in Persian); above, traces of ‘khallada Allāh taʿālā mulkahū’ (‘May Allah, the Exalted, perpetuate his kingdom’ in Arabic); below, traces of ‘zarb-e dār al-salṭana Fathpūr’ (‘Struck in the Abode of the Sultanate Fathpur’ in Persian). KM 82.2. Beautifully toned. Some test marks and deposits, otherwise, nearly extremely fine.