Hrvatski povijesni muzej / Croatian History Museum, Zagreb, Croatia Arms and Armoury Collection      DARK-HILTED YATAGAN, 1821 - 1822. Ottoman Empire : Balkans. Owner Husein. steel, bone, wood, leather, silver; forging, carving, damascening, casting, filigree work yatagan: 630 : 502 : 30 mm Inv. No.: HPM/PMH-009317 DESCRIPTION: A hilt of dark bone with truncated ears. Continuation of the hilt of metal, fish scale decoration. Continuation of the hilt widens out into a triangle decorated on each side with a rosette. The triangle is forge-welded onto the upper part of the blade. The blade is of steel, single-edged, curved, with a narrow fuller along the ridge. On the blade on one side an Arabic inscription, that in translation runs: '1237. (AH) Owner Husein'. Wants scabbard. Purchased from Vladan Desnica 1948. From a collection in Islam Grcki. 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. 65; Sercer, Marija. Jatagani u Povijesnom muzeju Hrvatske. Katalog muzejskih zbirki XI. Zagreb : Povijesni muzej Hrvatske, 1975. Kat. Nr. 55.