Hrvatski povijesni muzej / Croatian History Museum, Zagreb, Croatia Arms and Armoury Collection      DARK-HILTED YATAGAN, second half of the 18th century, around 1830 Ottoman Empire : Balkans. Owner Abdi. steel, bone; forging, casting, etching yatagan: 470 : 350 : 25 mm Inv. No.: HPM/PMH-000297 DESCRIPTION: Hilt of dark bone, with fairly small truncated ears. Band hilt of metal, decorated with baroque ornament. Continuation of the hilt simple, with no leaf-shaped decoration. The blade is of steel, single-edged, curved, with a narrow fuller along the ridge. On one side of the blade a stamp with no inscription, and an Arabic inscription that translates: 'Owner Abdi'. Wants scabbard. Found in Bosnia. From the Dr Josip Fon Collection, Zagreb. 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. 92; Sercer, Marija. Jatagani u Povijesnom muzeju Hrvatske. Katalog muzejskih zbirki XI. Zagreb : Povijesni muzej Hrvatske, 1975. Kat. Nr. 80; 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. 80.