Hrvatski povijesni muzej / Croatian History Museum, Zagreb, Croatia Arms and Armoury Collection      LIGHT-HILTED YATAGAN, 1840 - 1841. Ottoman Empire : Balkans. Made by Mehmed, owner Mehmed Aga. steel, bone, silver, coral; forging, carving, damascening, casting, filigree work, gilding yatagan: 730 : 580 : 32 mm Inv. No.: HPM/PMH-013061 DESCRIPTION: Hilt of yellowish bone, with truncated ears and a gilt metal band, on which there is a filigree decoration and six extant grooved corals. On the continuation of the hilt, filigree ringlet decoration and on the leaf-shaped part filigree work. The blade is of steel, single-edged, curved, with two narrow fullers along the ridge. On the blade on one side a silver damascened medallion with the seal of Solomon and on the other side an Arabic inscription that in translation runs: '1256. (AH). The knife should be in the hand, and the (Glorious) on the tongue. / Made by Mehmed, owner aga Mehmed'. 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. 73; Sercer, Marija. Jatagani u Povijesnom muzeju Hrvatske. Katalog muzejskih zbirki XI. Zagreb : Povijesni muzej Hrvatske, 1975. Kat. Nr. 63; Jatagane aus dem Historischen Museum von Kroatien in Zagreb (Agram). Sonderausstellung im Landeszeughaus 9. April - 7. Juni 1976. Graz : Landeszeughaus am Landesmuseum Joanneum, 1976. Kat. Nr. 29.