Hrvatski povijesni muzej / Croatian History Museum, Zagreb, Croatia Arms and Armoury Collection      LIGHT-HILTED YATAGAN, 1781 - 1782. Ottoman Empire : Balkans. Made by Ahmed, owner Abdulgani. steel, leather, brass, horn; forging, casting, carving, damascening yatagan: 677 : 580 : 32 mm Inv. No.: HPM/PMH-078074 DESCRIPTION: A hilt of yellow bone with small, truncated ears. The joining band is missing, as is the lower continuation of the hilt and the upper continuation of the blade. The blade is of steel, single-edged, slightly curved. On one side of the blade damascened arabesque with Arabic inscription, which in translation runs: '1196. (AH) // Made by Ahmed, owner Abdulgani.' On the other side, damascened with linear and plant ornamentation. Purchased from Irislav Dolenec, 2005. 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. 5.