Hrvatski povijesni muzej / Croatian History Museum, Zagreb, Croatia Arms and Armoury Collection      DARK-HILTED YATAGAN, 1813 - 1814. Ottoman Empire : Balkans. Made by Ibrahim, owner Omer Spahi. steel, bone, wood, leather, silver; forging, carving, damascening, casting, filigree work yatagan: 725 : 575 : 35 mm; scabbard: 650 mm Inv. No.: HPM/PMH-009417 DESCRIPTION: Hilt of dark bone, with quite large truncated ears. The joining band of metal, with baroque decorations. Continuation of the hilt with fish scale decoration that continues on to part of the ridge. On the leaf-shaped decoration, baroque decoration. 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 Ibrahim, owner Omer Spahi. / I rely upon my Creator, His slave Omer'. Scabbard wooden, covered in leather, metal mounted on the mouth and towards the tip. Derives from Kostajnica Monastery. 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. 57; Sercer, Marija. Jatagani u Povijesnom muzeju Hrvatske. Katalog muzejskih zbirki XI. Zagreb : Povijesni muzej Hrvatske, 1975. Kat. Nr. 50.