Hrvatski povijesni muzej / Croatian History Museum, Zagreb, Croatia Arms and Armoury Collection      LIGHT-HILTED YATAGAN, 1864 - 1865. Ottoman Empire : Balkans. Made by Mehmed, owner Mustafa. steel, bone, copper, silver, coral, glass faux stones; forging, carving, punching, etching, filigree work yatagan: 715 : 565 : 32 mm Inv. No.: HPM/PMH-013083 DESCRIPTION: Hilt of yellowish bone, with quite large truncated ears. The joining band of metal, decorated with filigree work, and four long corals and one dark-red glass eye. On the continuation of the hilt filigree decoration of ringlets. The blade is of steel, single-edged, curved, with two narrow fullers along the ridge. On one side of the blade, etched plant and linear decoration, and on the other an etched Arabic inscription that in translation runs: 'Made by Mehmed, owner and possessor Mustafa. 1281. (AH). Wants scabbard. From the Museum of the Fraternity of the Croatian Dragon in Ozalj. 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. 87; Sercer, Marija. Jatagani u Povijesnom muzeju Hrvatske. Katalog muzejskih zbirki XI. Zagreb : Povijesni muzej Hrvatske, 1975. Kat. Nr. 75; 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. 36.