Hrvatski povijesni muzej / Croatian History Museum, Zagreb, Croatia Arms and Armoury Collection      DARK-HILTED YATAGAN, end of 18th - second half of 19th century Ottoman Empire : Balkans. Owner Mustafa. steel, bone, metal, silver; forging, carving, damascening yatagan: 740 : 595 : 32 mm Inv. No.: HPM/PMH-000761 DESCRIPTION: Hilt of dark bone, with quite large truncated ears. The joining band of metal. Continuation of the blade simple, in the form of a semicircle, with grooves. The blade is of steel, single-edged, straight, with two narrow fullers along the ridge. On one side of the blade a silver damascened medallion with an Arabic inscription that in translation runs: 'Made by .., (owner) Mustafa'. Wants scabbard. Purchased from S. in Sisak 1900. 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. 113; Sercer, Marija. Jatagani u Povijesnom muzeju Hrvatske. Katalog muzejskih zbirki XI. Zagreb : Povijesni muzej Hrvatske, 1975. Kat. Nr. 102; 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. 52.