Hrvatski povijesni muzej / Croatian History Museum, Zagreb, Croatia Arms and Armoury Collection      LIGHT-HILTED YATAGAN, 1786 - 1787. Ottoman Empire : Balkans. Made by Ibrahim, owner Abdi. steel, bone, metal, glass faux stones; forging, carving, punching, damascening, filigree work yatagan: 715 : 570 : 35 mm Inv. No.: HPM/PMH-013073 DESCRIPTION: A hilt of yellow bone, with quite large truncated ears. Copper joining band, decorated with filigree work, with four round and three longish stones of reddish-brown colour. On the continuation of the hilt and on the leaf-shaped part, a decoration of filigree work. On the continuation of the hilt the decorative motif of ringlet. On the leaf-shaped part there are two round reddish-brown stones. The blade is steel, single-edged, curved, with a single broad and one narrow fuller along the ridge. On the blade on one side a silver damascened sign of the solar circle, and on the other side an Arabic inscription and an Arabic text in a stamp that in translation runs: 'Made by Ibrahim, owner Abdi. / Made by Ibrahim, 1201. (AH)'. Scabbard missing. 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. 7; Sercer, Marija. Jatagani u Povijesnom muzeju Hrvatske. Katalog muzejskih zbirki XI. Zagreb : Povijesni muzej Hrvatske, 1975. Kat. Nr. 94.