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    Arms and Armoury Collection
         LIGHT-HILTED YATAGAN, 1806./1807.
    Ottoman Empire. Made by Mustafa, owner Hasan.
    steel, bone, copper, coral, glass faux stones; forging, carving, punching, damascening, filigree work
    yatagan: 745 : 600 : 35 mm
    Inv. No.: HPM/PMH-002135


    DESCRIPTION:
    Hilt of yellow bone, with truncated ears. Band of the hilt of copper gilt with filigree work and coral decoration (on the outer side three longish and on the inner side four round beads). On the continuation of the hilt a ringlet decoration. A leaf-shaped decoration on the blade with filigree work and one green glass faux stones bead each. Blade single-edged, curved, with a narrow fuller along the ridge. On one side of the blade, an Arabic inscription, that in translation runs: 'The year 1221. (AH). Made by Mustafa, owner Hasan. // The sword should be in the hand, and the Glorious on the tongue.'
    From the estate of Dr Milan Amrus, former head of department and mayor of Zagreb.
    Gifted 1919.

    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. 42.