Hrvatski povijesni muzej / Croatian History Museum, Zagreb, Croatia Arms and Armoury Collection      DARK-HILTED YATAGAN, 1799 - 1800. Ottoman Empire : Balkans : Bosnia. Made by Murat, owner Mustafa-Basha. steel, bone, wood, leather, silver; forging, carving, damascening, casting, filigree work yatagan: 775 : 625 : 30 mm; scabbard: 650 mm Inv. No.: HPM/PMH-000299 DESCRIPTION: Hilt of dark bone with rather large, truncated ears. Metal band, decorated with plant ornamentation. Continuation of hilt with three rows of fish scales. Leaf-shaped decoration of the blade decorated with plant ornamentation. The blade is of steel, one-edged, curved, with a narrow fuller alongside the ridge. On one side of the blade is a silver-damascened plant and linear ornament, and on the other side an Arabic inscription that in translation runs: '1214. (AH). Made by Murat, owner Mustafa-Basha. / The knife (sword) should be in the hand, the name of the Glorious on the tongue.' Wooden scabbard, leather-covered, mounted in metal towards the tip. Bone hilt, leaf-shaped decoration on the blade, leather covering and tip of the scabbard damaged in places. Found in Bosnia. Purchased from Eva Vitos from Mirkovci, 1897. 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. 27; Sercer, Marija. Jatagani u Povijesnom muzeju Hrvatske. Katalog muzejskih zbirki XI. Zagreb : Povijesni muzej Hrvatske, 1975. Kat. Nr. 22; 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. 12.