Hrvatski povijesni muzej / Croatian History Museum, Zagreb, Croatia Arms and Armoury Collection      LIGHT-HILTED YATAGAN, second half of the 18th century - second half of the 19th century Ottoman Empire : Balkans. Made by Osman-Basha. steel, bone, copper; forging, carving, punching, damascening, filigree work yatagan: 570 : 450 : 28 mm Inv. No.: HPM/PMH-002197 DESCRIPTION: A hilt of yellow bone, with smallish truncated ears. Band of copper, filigree decorated. Continuation of the hilt of copper decorated on one side with filigree ringlets, and on the other is simple, with transverse grooves. The blade is of steel, single-edged, curved, with a single narrow fuller along the ridge. On the blade on one side a number of concentric circles, and on the other side a partially legible Arabic inscription that in translation runs: ' ... made by Osman-Basha'. Wants scabbard. Bought in 1929. 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. 102; Sercer, Marija. Jatagani u Povijesnom muzeju Hrvatske. Katalog muzejskih zbirki XI. Zagreb : Povijesni muzej Hrvatske, 1975. Kat. Nr. 90.