Hrvatski povijesni muzej / Croatian History Museum, Zagreb, Croatia Arms and Armoury Collection      LIGHT-HILTED YATAGAN, 1868 - 1869. Ottoman Empire : Balkans. Made by Hadji Ibrahim, owner Husein. steel, bone, copper, silver, decorative stones; forging, carving, punching, damascening, filigree work yatagan: 710 : 560 : 35 mm Inv. No.: HPM/PMH-013068 DESCRIPTION: Band of copper, decorated with filigree work and decorative stones. Continuation of the blade simple, and the leaf-shaped decoration on the blade is decorated with filigree work. The blade is of steel, single-edged, curved, with a single narrow fuller along the ridge. On one side of the blade silver damascened rosette in a medallion and on the other side a damascened Arabic inscription , that in translation runs: 'Made by Hadji Ibrahim, owner Husein. The year 1285. (AH). // I rely upon my Creator, His slave'. Wants scabbard. Found during ploughing somewhere between Rakovica and Dreznik in 1909. Purchased from Marijan Glavan in Zagreb in 1953. 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. 90; Sercer, Marija. Jatagani u Povijesnom muzeju Hrvatske. Katalog muzejskih zbirki XI. Zagreb : Povijesni muzej Hrvatske, 1975. Kat. Nr. 78.