Hrvatski povijesni muzej / Croatian History Museum, Zagreb, Croatia Arms and Armoury Collection      DARK-HILTED YATAGAN, 1833 - 1834. Ottoman Empire : Balkans. steel, bone, silver; forging, carving, damascening, casting yatagan: 725 : 588 : 32 mm Inv. No.: HPM/PMH-021920 DESCRIPTION: A hilt of dark bones with faceted ears. The joining band of metal. Continuation of the hilt ends in the form of a semicircle with grooves. The blade is of steel, single-edged, straight, with a narrow fuller along the ridge. On one side of the blade, in a medallion, an illegible Arabic inscription, in which one can read '1249. (AH)'. 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. 71; Sercer, Marija. Jatagani u Povijesnom muzeju Hrvatske. Katalog muzejskih zbirki XI. Zagreb : Povijesni muzej Hrvatske, 1975. Kat. Nr. 61.