INDIA, Mughal Empire. Nasir al-Din Muhammad Humayun, 1530-1540 and 1555-1556. Fractional Mohur (Gold, 11 mm, 0.37 g), undated. Posthumous issue, [Badakhshan]. Traces of ‘lā ilāha illā Allāh Muḥammad rasūl Allāh’ (‘There is no deity but Allah. Muhammad is the messenger of Allah’ in Arabic). Rev. ‘Muḥammad Humāyūn pādshāh ghāzi khallada Allāh taʿālā mulkahū’ (‘Muhammad Humayun, the holy warrior king. May Allah, the Exalted, perpetuate his kingdom’ in Arabic/Persian). Album 3007H. Zeno 202270. Scratched, otherwise, good fine.

From a West German collection, formed since the 1960s.

This type was struck by an unknown Shaybanid ruler of Badakhshan.