Hrvatski povijesni muzej / Croatian History Museum, Zagreb, Croatia Arms and Armoury Collection      DARK-HILTED YATAGAN, 19th century Ottoman Empire : Balkans. Made by Ibrahim, owner Husein-Basha. steel, bone, metal, wood, leather, silver; forging, carving, damascening yatagan: 690 : 560 : 30 mm; scabbard: 600 mm Inv. No.: HPM/PMH-013070 DESCRIPTION: A hilt of dark bone, with truncated ears. Metal band. Part of the hilt from ears to blade wrapped in red leather. The blade is of steel, single-edged, curved. On one side of the blade silver damascened plant and linear ornamentation, and on the other an Arabic inscription that in translation runs: 'Made by Ibrahim, owner Husein-Basha. // May the knife be in the hand and on the tongue be Glorious'. Scabbard wooden, entirely clad in red leather, decorated on the front with a serpentine plaited leather strip. On the reverse of the scabbard a leather loop. From Primisalj (Lika). Given by Nikola Muic of Zagreb 1941. 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. 130; Sercer, Marija. Jatagani u Povijesnom muzeju Hrvatske. Katalog muzejskih zbirki XI. Zagreb : Povijesni muzej Hrvatske, 1975. Kat. Nr. 119; 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. 61..