kalian

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One kalian artist who abandoned paint and canvas altogether was Ettore Bugatti.

From Time Magazine Archive

Afterward we repair to Mirza Abdul Kiirim Khan's house to smoke the kalian and drink tea.

From Around the World on a Bicycle - Volume 1 From San Francisco to Teheran by Stevens, Thomas

In cases of only one kalian and several guests, they smoke in order of position, but each one must pay the compliment of suggesting that some one else should smoke before himself.

From Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan, Volume I (of 2) Including a Summer in the Upper Karun Region and a Visit to the Nestorian Rayahs by Bird, Isabella L. (Isabella Lucy)

Semnoon is celebrated for the excellence of its kalian tobacco, and O'Donovan was celebrated in Semnoon for his love of the kalian.

From Around the World on a Bicycle - Volume II From Teheran To Yokohama by Stevens, Thomas

The Mustapha is found seated on the raised floor of his open-fronted office, examining, between whiffs of the kalian, papers brought to him by his subordinates, and I hand him my general letter of recommendation.

From Around the World on a Bicycle - Volume II From Teheran To Yokohama by Stevens, Thomas