Hrvatski povijesni muzej / Croatian History Museum, Zagreb, Croatia Arms and Armoury Collection      DARK-HILTED YATAGAN, 1825 - 1826. Ottoman Empire : Balkans. Made by Ibrahim. steel, bone, wood, leather, silver; forging, carving, damascening, casting, filigree work yatagan: 700 : 555 : 34 mm Inv. Nr.: HPM/PMH-003072 DESCRIPTION: Hilt of dark bone, with quite large truncated ears. The joining band of metal, decorated with baroque ornaments. On the continuation of the hilt a fish scale decoration that goes on to part of the ridge. On the leaf-shaped part, baroque ornaments. The blade is of steel, single-edged, straight, 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: '1241. (AH) Made by Ibrahim, owner ... / I rely upon my Creator, His slave.' Wants scabbard. 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. 67; Sercer, Marija. Jatagani u Povijesnom muzeju Hrvatske. Katalog muzejskih zbirki XI. Zagreb : Povijesni muzej Hrvatske, 1975. Kat. Nr. 57.