Yataghan

The yatagan is a Turkish weapon with a curved blade whose edge forms, towards the tip, a re-entrant curve. Probably derived from the machaira, this sword is 60 to 80 cm long. The yatagan gave its shape to the bayonets of the 19th century, because its shape (slightly flamed) allowed it to be fixed very close to the bore of the rifle without reducing the accuracy of the shot and without being burned by the powder.

Before the start of French colonization and the introduction of the guillotine in Algeria in 1843 (and even after), the yatagan was used to decapitate those sentenced to death (Algiers was then a vassal of the Ottoman Empire).

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