Hrvatski povijesni muzej / Croatian History Museum, Zagreb, CroatiaArms and Armoury Collection LIGHT-HILTED YATAGAN, 1774 - 1775. Ottoman Empire : Balkans. Made by Hadji Ibrahim, owner Salih-Basha. steel, bone, silver; forging, casting, filigree work, damascening yatagan: 660 : 520 : 30 mm Inv. No.: HPM/PMH-000762 DESCRIPTION: A hilt of yellowish bone, with quite large truncated ears. The joining band and continuation of the hilt, and the leaf-shaped decoration on the blade are of silver decorated with filigree. On the continuation of the hilt is a bead motif. The blade is of steel, single-edged, curved. On the blade on one side is a silver damascened Arabic inscription, and on the other side plant and linear ornamentation. In translation the inscription goes: 'The year 1188. (AH). Made by Hadji Ibrahim, owner Salih-Basha. May the knife be in the hand and on the tongue be the Glorious. 'ain 79'. Purchased from S. Moses in Sisak, 1900. BIBLIOGRAPHY: Boskovic, Dora. Zbirka jatagana u Hrvatskom povijesnom muzeju u Zagrebu = The Yatagan Collection of the Croatian History Museum, Zagreb. Katalog muzejskih zbirki XLI. Zagreb : Hrvatski povijesni muzej, 2006. Kat. No. 2; Sercer, Marija. Jatagani u Povijesnom muzeju Hrvatske. Katalog muzejskih zbirki XI. Zagreb : Povijesni muzej Hrvatske, 1975. Kat. Nr. 1; Jatagane aus dem Historischen Museum von Kroatien in Zagreb (Agram). Sonderausstellung im Landeszeughaus 9. April - 7. Juni 1976. Graz : Landeszeughaus am Landesmuseum Joanneum, 1976. Kat. Nr. 1; Türkische Waffen aus dem Historischen Museum von Kroatien, Zagreb. Burg Schlaining, 15. Mai bis 10. Oktober 1982. Eisenstadt : Amt der Burgenländischen Regierung, Landesmuseum, 1982. Kat. Nr. 50; Sercer, Marija. Tursko oruzje. Zagreb : Povijesni muzej Hrvatske, 1983. Kat. Nr. 50. 
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