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They are overwhelmed
(يطغان)

Title	They are overwhelmed
Title Original	يطغان
Publication Date:	Late ninth century - early tenth century AH / late fifteenth century - early sixteenth century AD
Publication Place	- Museum of the Islamic Serf (MIA)
Subject	Wood, leather, metal thread, gold, black composite material, iron alloy; Forged steel, gold plated
Type	Other
Language	Undetermined
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Physical Dimensions	الارتفاع: 74.5 سم، العرض: 4.5 سم، العمق: 4.5 سم
Library:	Museum With No Frontiers
Library Asset ID	AA.6.1997.1-2
Record ID	object;EPM;qt;Mus21;11;ar
Library Location	Museum of the Islamic Serf (MIA)
Date	Late ninth century - early tenth century AH / late fifteenth century - early sixteenth century AD
Notes	This is the oldest known imperial Ottoman tyghan, believed to have been made by order of Sultan Bayezid II (r. 885-917 AH/1481-1512 AD). It is a Turkish weapon used by the elite forces of the Ottoman army (the Janissaries) from the middle of the ninth to the thirteenth century AH / from the middle of the fifteenth to the nineteenth century AD. An inscription in Thuluth script, plated with gold, on both sides of the blade and along its back, bearing the names of the Sultan, its owner and maker, in addition to engraved supplications enumerating the attributes of the Sultan.
Sample Text	Tara Desjardins "Yatghan" in Explore Islamic Art Collections. Museum Without Borders, 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;EPM;qt;Mus21;11;ar

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They are overwhelmed

(يطغان)

Publication Date Late ninth century - early tenth century AH / late fifteenth century - early sixteenth century AD

Publication Place - Museum of the Islamic Serf (MIA)

Subject Wood, leather, metal thread, gold, black composite material, iron alloy; Forged steel, gold plated

Type Other

Language Undetermined

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Physical Dimensions الارتفاع: 74.5 سم، العرض: 4.5 سم، العمق: 4.5 سم

Library Museum With No Frontiers

Library Asset ID AA.6.1997.1-2

Record ID object;EPM;qt;Mus21;11;ar

Library Location Museum of the Islamic Serf (MIA)

Date Late ninth century - early tenth century AH / late fifteenth century - early sixteenth century AD

Notes This is the oldest known imperial Ottoman tyghan, believed to have been made by order of Sultan Bayezid II (r. 885-917 AH/1481-1512 AD). It is a Turkish weapon used by the elite forces of the Ottoman army (the Janissaries) from the middle of the ninth to the thirteenth century AH / from the middle of the fifteenth to the nineteenth century AD. An inscription in Thuluth script, plated with gold, on both sides of the blade and along its back, bearing the names of the Sultan, its owner and maker, in addition to engraved supplications enumerating the attributes of the Sultan.

Sample Text Tara Desjardins "Yatghan" in Explore Islamic Art Collections. Museum Without Borders, 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;EPM;qt;Mus21;11;ar