kalian

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

From Time Magazine Archive

The kalian is one of the greatest institutions of Persia.

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

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

After all were settled, and their chuddars and veils carefully folded up and put aside by the slaves, then the kalian or water-pipe was brought in, each slave preparing the pipe for her own mistress.

From Behind the Veil in Persia and Turkish Arabia An account of an Englishwoman's Eight Years' Residence amongst the Women of the East by Hume-Griffith, A.