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Originally Posted by Battara
The same thought went through my mind as well - after Ottoman contact the blade form changed to look more yataghan like.
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Absolutely!
Now I have two questions:
Is the original flissa sword started with the Ottomans and evolved to a Maghrebi / North African shape with a long and narrow blade?
Or
is the pre-Ottoman flissa sword Magrebi / Berber evolved to a Yataghan-ish shape after the 16th c. ?