Hrvatski povijesni muzej / Croatian History Museum, Zagreb, Croatia Arms and Armoury Collection      LIGHT-HILTED YATAGAN, from second half of the 18th century to about 1830. Ottoman Empire : Balkans. Made by Osman, owner Mustafa. steel, bone, copper, silver; forging, carving, punching, damascening yatagan: 620 : 490 : 28 mm; scabbard: 585 mm Inv. No.: HPM/PMH-000286 DESCRIPTION: Hilt of yellowish bone with smallish ears. Band of metal decorated with baroque ornamentation. Continuation of the hilt covered with ornamented brass sheet metal. On the upper part of the blade the remains of leaf-shaped ornament with baroque decorations. The blade is of steel, single-edged, curved, with a narrow fuller along the ridge. On the blade on one side an Arabic inscription that in translation runs: 'Made by Osman, owner Mustafa'. Scabbard wooden, covered in leather, metal mounting at tip and mouth. Found in Bosnia. Donated by Ivan Pajlok, a teacher of Zagreb. 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. 96; Sercer, Marija. Jatagani u Povijesnom muzeju Hrvatske. Katalog muzejskih zbirki XI. Zagreb : Povijesni muzej Hrvatske, 1975. Kat. Nr. 84.