Hrvatski povijesni muzej / Croatian History Museum, Zagreb, Croatia Arms and Armoury Collection      LIGHT-HILTED YATAGAN, from second half of 18th century to about 1850 Ottoman Empire : Balkans. Made by Mehmed. steel, bone, brass; forging, carving, punching, damascening yatagan: 750 : 620 : 35 mm; scabbard: 680 mm Inv. Nr.: HPM/PMH-000283 DESCRIPTION: A hilt of yellow bone with small joined ears. Band of hilt of brass richly decorated with late Baroque ornaments (fish scales and coils). Same decoration on the continuation of the hilt and leaf-shaped decoration of the blade. The blade is of steel, single-edged, curved. On the blade on one side a mark with an Arabic inscription that in translation runs: 'Made by Mehmed'. Scabbard wooden, wrapped in leather and brass mounted at mouth and tip. On the upper mounting a strap with a long loop. Band of the hilt partially missing. Found in Bosnia. Donated by Ivan Pajlok, 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. 100; Sercer, Marija. Jatagani u Povijesnom muzeju Hrvatske. Katalog muzejskih zbirki XI. Zagreb : Povijesni muzej Hrvatske, 1975. Kat. Nr. 88; 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. 43.