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