Tags: Weapon.
A karabela was a type of Polish sabre (szabla). Perhaps one of the most famous types Polish sabres it became highly popular in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth in the 1670s.The word karabela does not have well-established etymology and different versions are suggested. For example Zygmunt Gloger suggests derivation from the name of the Iraqi city of Karbala known for trade of this kind of sabres.
