Hrvatski povijesni muzej / Croatian History Museum, Zagreb, Croatia Arms and Armoury Collection      LIGHT-HILTED YATAGAN, 1862 - 1864. Ottoman Empire : Balkans. Made by Salih, owner Mehmed. steel, bone, metal, glass faux stones, glass paste, silver; forging, carving, damascening, filigree work yatagan: 715 : 565 : 30 mm Inv. No.: HPM/PMH-018153 DESCRIPTION: Hilt of yellow-brown bone, with small truncated ears. The joining band of metal decorated with filigree work, with a single glass faux stones eye and seven reddish decorative beads. Continuation of the hilt and leaf-shaped decoration of the blade decorated with filigree work. On the continuation of the blade, filigree ringlet decoration. On the leaf-shaped decoration on the blade, one glass faux stones eye on each side. The blade is of steel, single-edged, curved, with a single narrow fuller along the ridge. On one side of the blade a silver damascened mark of the seal of Solomon, and on the other side an Arabic inscription that in translation runs: 'Made by Salih, owner Mehmed'. 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. 122; Sercer, Marija. Jatagani u Povijesnom muzeju Hrvatske. Katalog muzejskih zbirki XI. Zagreb : Povijesni muzej Hrvatske, 1975. Kat. Nr. 111; 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. 57.