Special sword for ID and comments

[Jim McDougall]

You bet Emanuel, and thanks for saying that Actually Iain would have been able to respond to this quandry more concisely as his study of the tribal relationships throughout the Sahara has been profound, but I jumped in when I saw your name come up.
Havent seen you here that much lately so glad to see you!!

All the best,
Jim

[Iain]

Originally Posted by Jim McDougall

You bet Emanuel, and thanks for saying that Actually Iain would have been able to respond to this quandry more concisely as his study of the tribal relationships throughout the Sahara has been profound, but I jumped in when I saw your name come up.
Havent seen you here that much lately so glad to see you!!

All the best,
Jim

Thanks for the vote of confidence, but to be honest I'm pretty hazy on any anything north of the Tuareg as evidenced by my previous lazy gaff regarding Morocco and the Kabyles.

The Maliki school is pretty interesting in Sunni Islam though. Not to be confused with Malekite Christians, in Islam it refers to the rite started by Malik ibn Anas.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malik_ibn_Anas
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maliki

Going back to the topic of the flyssa and potential relations with other weapons in the region. I think part of the Moroccan confusion may have been because of a (perceived) similar culture among the Shilha of the Atlas mountains. Stone may have simply not realized the distinctions between the different Berber groups in the Atlas mountains.

Actually I'd be interested to see a Shilha sword for comparison. I don't suppose anyone has one or has even seen one?

Cheers,

Iain