Hrvatski povijesni muzej / Croatian History Museum, Zagreb, Croatia Arms and Armoury Collection      DARK-HILTED YATAGAN, 19th century Ottoman Empire : Balkans. steel, wood, brass, silver, copper, wood, fabric; forging, carving, etching yatagan: 705 : 573 : 32 mm; scabbard: 645 mm Inv. No.: HPM/PMH-011698 DESCRIPTION: Hilt of black painted wood, with smallish ears. Wooden plates of the hilt, fastened on with two copper rivets each and brass rings. Band of ornamented silver. Continuation of the hilt with a leaf-shaped part of silver, decorated. The mounting on the ridge of the blade is marked with the names of the Seven Sleepers, and of their dog: 'Yemliha, Mekselina, Meslina, Mernus, Debernus, Saznus, Kefestatayus, Kitmir'. The blade is of steel, single-edged, curved. On one side of the blade ornamentation with a stylised seal of Solomon, and on the other side stamped with a mark with an unclear name and an illegible inscription in Arabic. Wooden scabbard, with, over the greater part of it, silver ornamented mounting. Purchased from Milan Praunsperger of Zagreb 1940. 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. 128; Sercer, Marija. Jatagani u Povijesnom muzeju Hrvatske. Katalog muzejskih zbirki XI. Zagreb : Povijesni muzej Hrvatske, 1975. Kat. Nr. 117; 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. 59.