Hrvatski povijesni muzej / Croatian History Museum, Zagreb, Croatia Arms and Armoury Collection      DARK-HILTED YATAGAN, 1809 - 1810. Ottoman Empire : Balkans. Made by Mustafa, owner Bekir. steel, bone, brass, silver; forging, carving, damascening yatagan: 670 : 540 : 30 mm Inv. No.: HPM/PMH-018143 DESCRIPTION: A hilt of dark bone with truncated ears. Band of brass, grooved; leaf-shaped ornament on the blade with baroque ornaments. The blade is of steel, single-edged, curved. On the blade on one side silver damascened plant and linear ornaments, on the other side an Arabic inscription that in translation runs: 'Made by Mustafa, owner Bekir. / I rely upon my Creator, His slave'. Wants scabbard. From the former War Museum in 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. 116; Sercer, Marija. Jatagani u Povijesnom muzeju Hrvatske. Katalog muzejskih zbirki XI. Zagreb : Povijesni muzej Hrvatske, 1975. Kat. Nr. 105.