Ottoman Yataghan inscription on the blade

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Originally Posted by TVV

Any actual evidence for that? Yataghans were used by many people, not just the janissaries, and given the extant examples we have plus some of the data on production from various esnafs, fairs, etc. (see Elgood) there does not seem to have been any actual drop off in production or use.

just a tip: I would not follow Elgood on Yataghans as he is not a specialist on that topic, at least the Balkan Yataghans,
but took his info from a Serbian lady..

this book is written not in cyrillic but in latin writting, although in Serbian language... quite easy to read for any one with basic slav language skills. And for all others: google translate does come in usefull here I can say

I can recommande this book very much :

Đurđica Petrović (1927-2003);
- Balkansko oružje (XII-XIX v.) : izabrane studije ( Balkan weapons XII-XIX),
392 pages, issued 2013 by Mijailović, Jasna and Petrović, Davor,
ISBN 978-86-81117-33-0

but not only on the yataghans, also on the pre Ottoman Balkan waepons since the Asen and Nemanja dynasties...
and often available for sales on second hand Serbian websites ( between 20-40 Euro)