As Eric said, it is a flissa or flyssa, sword of the Kabyle people of Algeria and part of Morocco.
Your example seems nice, although you should clean the rust. The large ones are generally considered more attractive and the quality of the decorative engraving and inlay is also a way to judge them by. It is hard to see from your photos very much detail about this.
A little searching on the forum for flissa or flyssa will give you a lot of information about them. Some of the members have done quite a bit of research into the type.
All the best,
Iain
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