Edged Weapons

The sword most associated with the Sudan is the Kaskara.
It is a cross-hilted straight, double edged, broad blade sword.
The scabbard has a bulbous flare in the bottom quarter of its lenght. The blades are mostly imported and many have Koranic inscriptions for the lenght of the blade.
The cross form of hilt is thought to have come from the copying of crusader swords.

Kaskara

"Although there are two patterns of shields among the Arabs, there is no difference in the form of the swords, which simply vary in size according to the strenght of the wearer.
The blade is long and straight, two-edged, with a simple cross handle, having no other guard for the hand than the plain bar, which at right angles with the hilt from the cross.