Hrvatski povijesni muzej / Croatian History Museum, Zagreb, Croatia Arms and Armoury Collection      LIGHT-HILTED YATAGAN, 1811 - 1812. Ottoman Empire : Balkans : Bosnia. Made by Muharem, owner Ahmed. steel, bone, wood, leather, silver; forging, carving, damascening, casting, filigree work yatagan: 710 : 555 : 29 mm Inv. No.: HPM/PMH-000996 DESCRIPTION: A hilt of yellow bone, with truncated ears. Band of metal decorated with filigree work, with four elongated corals and one round coral. The blade is of steel, single-edged, curved, with a narrow fuller along the ridge. On one side of the blade silver damascened plant and linear ornamentation, and on the other side an Arabic inscription that in translation runs: '1226. (AH) Made by Muharem, owner Ahmed. / I rely upon my Creator, His slave'. Wants scabbard. Found in Bosnia. Donated by Mile Suput, retired artillery captain in Bakar, 1902. 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. 53; Sercer, Marija. Jatagani u Povijesnom muzeju Hrvatske. Katalog muzejskih zbirki XI. Zagreb : Povijesni muzej Hrvatske, 1975. Kat. Nr. 46.