Hrvatski povijesni muzej / Croatian History Museum, Zagreb, Croatia Arms and Armoury Collection      LIGHT-HILTED YATAGAN, 1791 - 1792. Ottoman Empire : Balkans. Made by Agan, owner Salih. steel, bone, coral; forging, carving, damascening, casting, filigree work, gilding yatagan: 705 : 568 : 35 mm Inv. No.: HPM/PMH-013069 DESCRIPTION: Hilt of yellowish bone, with large truncated ears. Band joining parts of hilt of gilt metal, decorated with filigree work and with six elongated furrowed corals Continuation of hilt with bead motif, extends into a leaf-shape decoration on the upper part of the blade. On the continuation of the hilt and on the leaf-shaped part of the blade, visible traces of gilding. The blade is of steel, single-edged, straight, with two narrow fullers by the ridge. On the blade on one side the sign of the seal of Solomon, and on the other an Arabic inscription, that in translation runs: 'Made by Agan, owner Salih, 1206. (AH) '. Wants scabbard. Continuation of hilt and leaf-shaped decoration of the blade damaged. Purchased from Milan Praunsperger in Zagreb 1940. 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. Cat. no. 13; Sercer, Marija. Jatagani u Povijesnom muzeju Hrvatske. Katalog muzejskih zbirki XI. Zagreb : Povijesni muzej Hrvatske, 1975. Cat. no. 10; 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. 3.