Yes. The Partisan was used by the Europeans probably during the Portuguese / Dutch period in Sri Lanka but introduced as a Sri Lankan weapon copied in / provided actually by the Dutch in the period they were fighting along side the Sri Lankans against the Portuguese about 1680...I believe the Sri Lankan weapon is called almost the same as the
Partisan.
It is called a
Patisthanaya .
There is some added depth seen at
http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?t=8187