mross,
Your kaskara blade is called the Sulimani Daud style variation in Sudan. The true SD style, the central fuller extends to the end of the blade. Your's is shorter, but still a common variation. The cross-guard is of the Muthaan style; a nice forged 4-piece unit and not the more modern one-piece from post-1940s.
My guess is that the blade is Sudan-made. I have four examples made in Kassala between likely the Mahdi-era, 1916 and perhaps mid-20th C. All four have similar blade profiles as yours: with a distal taper, with blade width taper to a fairly pointy tip.
The moon-face, though indistinct, is similar to maker's marks on mine as well.
Age? Who knows; say 2nd quarter of 20th C.
Regards,
Ed
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