Long sojourning amid wild and dangerous men, he still wore beneath his vest the ataghan which he had once struck into the throat of a Turkish robber.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Threefold Destiny (From "Twice Told Tales")] Reference

The Swede struck him with the flat of his sword; the Suliote unsheathed his ataghan, and nearly cut off the left arm of his antagonist, and then shot him through the head.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Life of Lord Byron]

With the aid of Suleiman's ataghan and my own sabre, we scooped a shallow grave upon the spot which Darvell had indicated: the earth easily gave way, having already received some.    From Wordnik.com.  [Life of Lord Byron, Vol. 6 (of 6) With His Letters and Journals] Reference

With the aid of Suleiman's ataghan and my own sabre, we scooped a shallow grave upon the spot which Darvell had indicated: the earth easily gave way, having already received some Mahometan tenant.    From Wordnik.com.  [Life of Lord Byron]

What use on earth ataghan and scimitar and damasquined pistols, that would not carry straight three yards, could be to an officer in his Majesty's Guards is more than I can conjecture, or even Frank satisfactorily explain.    From Wordnik.com.  [My Novel — Complete] Reference

Stanhope; here he only sits cross-legged on an ottoman, and carves his venison with an ataghan. ".    From Wordnik.com.  [Vivian Grey] Reference

With arquebuss and ataghan.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 3] Reference

His hand could reach a Turkish ataghan.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Poetical Works of Oliver Wendell Holmes — Volume 11: Poems from the Teacups Series] Reference