The inclusion by Burton of the S'boula certainly buckled thinking down the decades on this peculiar sword being termed Zanzibari. It would appear that some African slave traders carried this weapon on their travels ... Noted also on the same page on The Book of The Sword was the Omani Dancing Sword...or Sayf. In this case it is easy to see the association since Zanzibar was owned at the time of Burtons Book; by Oman.
