Hrvatski povijesni muzej / Croatian History Museum, Zagreb, Croatia Arms and Armoury Collection      LIGHT-HILTED YATAGAN, 1813 - 1814. Ottoman Empire : Balkans. Made by Hasan, owner Mehmed. steel, bone, wood, leather, silver; forging, carving, damascening, casting, filigree work yatagan: 700 : 555 : 33 mm Inv. No.: HPM/PMH-013048 DESCRIPTION: Hilt of dark yellow bone, with semicircular ears. Band of copper, decorated with filigree work and with six long, grooved corals. On the continuation of the hilt filigree work decoration of ringlet. On the leaf-shaped part, along with filigree decoration, on each side there is one green eye. 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: '1229. (AH) Made by Hasan, owner Mehmed. / I rely upon my Creator, His slave'. Wants scabbard. From the former War Museum in Zagreb. 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. 55; Sercer, Marija. Jatagani u Povijesnom muzeju Hrvatske. Katalog muzejskih zbirki XI. Zagreb : Povijesni muzej Hrvatske, 1975. Kat. Nr. 48.