Eftihis,
Thank you for sharing this interesting photo as well as the remarkable attribution! These are all distinctly Arabian saifs of the form we are discussing and it would be fascinating to discover how the 'Balkan' attribution was arrived at!!
I can only imagine that trade and diplomatic interaction may be in play here, and the attribution may be assumed from the location where the items were collected. It is important to remember that it is indicated that these swords were apparantly mounted in numbers in Hyderabad for export to Arabia.
We have encountered many instances of miscaptioned weapons in museums, which often lead to erroneous cites in some published material.
Thank you again for sharing this.
Best regards,
Jim
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