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What is a yataghan?

What is a yataghan? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. A type of sword used in Muslim countries from the mid-16th to late 19th centuries.
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The next instant the door opened, and Ali, yataghan in hand, rushed into the room.
A huntsman dismounts and stabs his shoulder with the yataghan.
The yataghan has one-edged curved blade with ornamentation and Arabian lettering.
Has folded up his turban, put away his kaftan, hung up his yataghan, and once more resumed the dress of commonplace Englishman.
The next morning the yataghan of Ali was found beneath the window!
These flamboyant Turkish uniformed troops also had muskets with bayonets of this form, and a number of yataghan blade bayonets appeared for both U.S. and Confederate forces.

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