Hrvatski povijesni muzej / Croatian History Museum, Zagreb, Croatia Arms and Armoury Collection      LIGHT-HILTED YATAGAN, 1804 - 1805. Ottoman Empire : Balkans. Made by Mehmed, owner Mustafa-Basha. steel, bone, wood, leather, silver; forging, carving, damascening, casting, filigree work yatagan: 690 : 550 : 32 mm Inv. No.: HPM/PMH-002536 DESCRIPTION: Hilt of dark yellow bone, with truncated ears. Band of metal, decorated with floral ornamentation. Continuation of the hilt made of metal, with decoration of fish scales that are met on part of the ridge as well. The leaf-shaped decoration on the blade is decorated with baroque ornamentation. The blade is of steel, single-edged, curved, with a narrow fuller along the ridge. On the blade on one side is silver damascened plant and linear ornamentation, and on the other an Arabic inscription, that in translation runs '1219. (AH). Made by Mehmed, owner Mustafa-Basha./ Oh Mohammed, intercede for thy follower.' Wants scabbard. Band and continuation of the hilt damaged. 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. 34; Sercer, Marija. Jatagani u Povijesnom muzeju Hrvatske. Katalog muzejskih zbirki XI. Zagreb : Povijesni muzej Hrvatske, 1975. Kat. Nr. 29; 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. 16.