An oriental tobacco pipe with a long flexible tube connected to a container where the smoke is cooled by passing through water.
1 The modus operandi of manipulating the kalian likewise comes in for a slight modification here.
2 Afterward we repair to Mirza Abdul Kiirim Khan's house to smoke the kalian and drink tea.
3 Semnoon is celebrated for the excellence of its kalian tobacco, and O'Donovan was celebrated in Semnoon for his love of the kalian .
4 They have brought along the kind old Kahn's kalian and tobacco-bag, and the wherewithal to make me a parting glass of tea.
5 It's closest to some form of Kalian falling sickness but there's no sign of jaundice.
6 He, of course, receives me hospitably, does the agreeable with tea and kalians , and provides substantial refreshments.
7 In most cases, the delusional travelers came with a messianic mission in mind and Jerusalem was just a stage to act it out, Kalian said.
8 After visiting the dervishes I spend an hour in an adjacent tchai- khan drinking tea with my escort and treating them to sundry well-deserved kalians .
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