Hrvatski povijesni muzej / Croatian History Museum, Zagreb, CroatiaArms and Armoury Collection SILVER HANDLED YATAGAN, 1809 - 1810. Ottoman Empire : Balkans. Made by master craftsman Ali, owner Ibrahim, son of Omer Faskovic. steel, bone, wood, leather, silver; forging, carving, damascening, casting, filigree work yatagan: 705 : 555 : 30 mm; scabbard: 620 mm Inv. No.: HPM/PMH-002836 DESCRIPTION: Hilt covered in silver, with large faceted ears. On the joining band of the hilt a decoration of filigree work with eleven corals. On the continuation of the hilt a decoration of beads, and on the leaf-shaped part of the blade also a decoration of filigree work. The blade is of steel, single-edged, curved, with a narrow fuller along the ridge. The whole length of the blade, on one side ornamentation, and on the other an Arabic inscription that in translation runs: '1224. (AH) Made by master craftsman Ali, owner Ibrahim son of Omer Faskovic (?). / Yemliha, Mekselina, Meslina, Mernus, Debernus, Saznus, Kefestatayus' (names of the Seven Sleepers of Ephesus). On the mouth of the scabbard a rich filigree decoration, and on the remaining part baroque ornamentation with flowers in vases. Tip of the sheath ends in a fish head. 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. Kat. No. 49; Sercer, M. 1971. Kat. Nr. 79; Sercer, Marija. Jatagani u Povijesnom muzeju Hrvatske. Katalog muzejskih zbirki XI. Zagreb : Povijesni muzej Hrvatske, 1975. Kat. Nr. 42; 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. 23. 
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