Hrvatski povijesni muzej / Croatian History Museum, Zagreb, Croatia Arms and Armoury Collection      DARK-HILTED YATAGAN, 1822 - 1823. Ottoman Empire : Balkans. Owner Mehmed. steel, bone, wood, leather, silver; forging, carving, damascening, casting, filigree work yatagan: 665 : 550 : 30 mm; scabbard: 600 mm Inv. No.: HPM/PMH-000294 DESCRIPTION: Hilt of dark bone. Band of metal decorated with baroque ornaments. On the continuation of the hilt, a fish scale decoration. Leaf-shaped part of the blade with baroque decoration. 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: '1238 (AH). Owner Mehmed'. Wooden scabbard, leather covered, brass mounted at mouth and tip. Mounting decorated with baroque vine scroll ornaments. Found in Bosnia. Purchased from Josip Medunic in Zagreb in 1876. 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. 66; Sercer, Marija. Jatagani u Povijesnom muzeju Hrvatske. Katalog muzejskih zbirki XI. Zagreb : Povijesni muzej Hrvatske, 1975. Kat. Nr. 56.