Pala + Saif = ??

[Richard G]

I agree, Mr Alnakkas,
Swords, or saif, found either in what is now Saudi Arabia, or in photographs taken in what is now Saudi Arabia, seem to be of these two distinctive types, but never a hybrid of the two. I would imagine the two originate in distinctively different areas, i.e. the pala or kilij outside the Arabian peninsular, and the saif within, from Syria and Iraq, southward.
Regards
Richard