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Originally Posted by Pertinax
The yataghan was a non-combatant personal weapon of the Turkish Janissaries.
Regards, Yuri.
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correction: Ottoman Janissars.
FYI:
most were not of "Turkish"origin but actually children from occupied (mostly Balkan) countries.
interesting to read :
https://www.google.nl/books/edition/...0AEACAAJ?hl=nl
http://www.bev.ba/MOMARAFO/ET/krater...sokolovic.html
https://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Janissary
they also were a partial reason for the pan-slavic thoughts and uprising in that region:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Serbian_Uprising