Yatagan
| Yatagan | |
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| Information | |
| Weapon type: | saber |
| Designations: | Jatagan, Yatağan |
| Use: | Weapon, religious symbol, status weapon |
| Creation time: | around 16th century |
| Working time: | 16. – 19. Century |
| Region of origin / author: |
Turkey , North Africa |
| Distribution: | Turkey , North Africa , Southeast Europe |
| Overall length: | about 96 cm |
| Blade length: | about 48-76 cm |
| Handle: | Wood, metal, ivory , horn, bone |
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The Yatagan ( Turkish Yatağan ; also Jatagan ) is an Ottoman saber , which is named after the city of the same name in southwest Turkey.
In Germany and south-eastern Europe , this type of weapon is often incorrectly referred to as a handshar . However, this is a dagger with a curved blade, which was also part of the armament of the Janissaries .
description
The Yatagan has a long, single-edged blade that can be straight or curved slightly S-shape.
history
The yatagan was used from the mid-16th century to the early 20th century. The Turkish infantry , for example the janissaries, wore a relatively short version of the yatagan that did not interfere with the march. In the Balkans , the Yatagan was also a weapon of the Heiducken during this period, who usually acquired a Yatagan as a prey weapon .
In the mid-19th century, the Yatagan became the "fashion" for military armament. 1840 was used in France for the musket M 1840 a yatagan modeled blade for bayonet , 1856, the sergeants of the United Kingdom were given a yatagan for the Enfield Rifled Musket , just for Württembergische hunting rifle in 1860 and for the French Chassepot M 1866. Also the 8 mm Kropatschek infantry rifle for Portugal received a Yatagan in 1886.
The Werndl rifle M1867, developed immediately after the defeat of 1866, was equipped with a Jatagan bayonet with a blade length of 58 cm as standard. Since this length turned out to be too unwieldy, the blade length was shortened to about 48 cm in the following models.
literature
- George Cameron Stone, Donald J. LaRocca: A Glossary of the Construction, Decoration and Use of Arms and Armor: in All Countries and in All Times . Courier Dover Publications, 1999, ISBN 0-486-40726-8 , pp. 676 f .
- Jatagane from the Historical Museum of Croatia in Zagreb (Agram): Special exhibition in the State Armory April 9 - June 7, 1976 (= publications of the State Armory Graz . No. 5 ). Graz 1976.
- EG Astvatsaturian: Турецкое Оружие . Оружейная Академия, Saint Petersburg 2002, ISBN 5-901555-10-4 , p. 134 ff .
Web links
- Yatagan in the Brockhaus Konversationslexikon. Retrieved February 2, 2013 .
- Yatagan at Oriental Arms. Retrieved February 2, 2013 .