Please Jim, look at the pommel of this zaibidi jambiya extremely similar to the quillon of the sword discussed. 
 
For Ariel, of course I agree, the Yemeni karabela is from Ottoman origin, here I post my Yemeni karabela and my Persian Zand karabela for comparison.
		 
		
		
		
			
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
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