Hrvatski povijesni muzej / Croatian History Museum, Zagreb, Croatia Arms and Armoury Collection      DARK-HILTED YATAGAN, 1801 - 1802. Ottoman Empire : Turkey : Amasya. Made by Husein, owner and possessor Salih-Basha. steel, bone, wood, leather, silver; forging, carving, damascening, casting, filigree work yatagan: 670 : 535 : 30 mm Inv. No.: HPM/PMH-013063 DESCRIPTION: Hilt of dark bone, with smallish ears. Band and continuation of the hilt of metal, no decoration. The blade is of steel, single-edged, curved, with narrow fuller along the ridge. Along the whole length of the blade, an Arabic inscription, which in translation runs: 'Amasya, 1216. (AH). Made by Husein, owner and possessor Salih-Basha. / There is no youth like Ali, no sabre like Zulfiqar. / The knife (sword) should be in the hand, the name of the Glorious on the tongue '. Wants scabbard. The continuation of the hilt is missing on one side. The youth Ali was the son-in-law and successor of Prophet Mohammed, and Zulfiqar was a sabre owned first by the Prophet and then by Ali. 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. 29; Sercer, Marija. Jatagani u Povijesnom muzeju Hrvatske. Katalog muzejskih zbirki XI. Zagreb : Povijesni muzej Hrvatske, 1975. Kat. Nr. 24; 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. 13.