Hrvatski povijesni muzej / Croatian History Museum, Zagreb, Croatia Arms and Armoury Collection      DARK-HILTED YATAGAN, 1806 - 1807. Ottoman Empire : Balkans. Made by Ibrahim, owner Omer-Basha. steel, bone, wood, leather, silver; forging, carving, damascening, casting, filigree work yatagan: 745 : 610 : 30 mm Inv. No.: HPM/PMH-013066 DESCRIPTION: Hilt of dark bone, with quite large truncated ears. Band of metal, decorated with plant ornaments. Continuation of the hilt with decoration of fish scales that continue onto part of the ridge of the blade. The leaf-shaped decoration on the blade has Baroque ornaments. The blade is of steel, single-edged, curved. On one side of the blade is silver damascened plant and linear ornamentation and on the other side is an Arabic inscription that in translation runs: '1221. (AH) Made by Ibrahim, owner Omer-Basha. / This sword should be in the hand, and the mention of the Glorious on the tongue.' Wants scabbard. Band and continuation of the hilt a little 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. 39; Sercer, Marija. Jatagani u Povijesnom muzeju Hrvatske. Katalog muzejskih zbirki XI. Zagreb : Povijesni muzej Hrvatske, 1975. Kat. Nr. 34; 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. 20.