kalian

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

From Time Magazine Archive

This is a. little wire cage, full of live charcoal, that is being swung round and round like a sling to enliven the coals for priming the kalian.

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

They want to know whether the people smoke kalians and ride horses—real horses, not asps-i-awhans-in Yenghi Donia, and whether the Valiat smoked the kalian with me at Hadji Agha.

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

They have brought along the kind old Kahn's kalian and tobacco-bag, and the wherewithal to make me a parting glass of tea.

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

A servant brought the Khan a handsome kalian to smoke three times.

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)