Hrvatski povijesni muzej / Croatian History Museum, Zagreb, Croatia Arms and Armoury Collection      LIGHT-HILTED YATAGAN, 1714 - 1715. Ottoman Empire : Balkans. Made by Husejn, owner Ibrahim. steel, bone, copper sheeting; forging, filigree work, carving, damascening, gilding yatagan: 675 : 530 : 30 mm; scabbard: 575 mm Inv. No.: HPM/PMH-030808 DESCRIPTION: A hilt of yellowish bone with a single extant rounded ear. The joining band of the hilt is of copper gilt with seven elongated coral beads. On the leaf-shaped decoration on the blade there is a filigree decoration and a ringlet with a red glass faux stones bead. The blade is single-edged, curved. On one side is the sign of Solomon's seal or the symbol of the sun, and on the other an Arabic inscription that in translation goes: 'The year 1126. (AH). Made by Husejn, owner Ibrahim.' In the name of Ibrahim the long 'i' between the 'h' and the 'm' is missing. Probably it was a matter of a local man who pronounced his name Ibrâhim. Purchased from Tomislav Vujic, Slavonska Pozega, 1980. 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. 1; Moacanin, Fedor; Valentic, Mirko. Vojna krajina u Hrvatskoj. Zagreb : Povijesni muzej Hrvatske, 1981. S. 105.