qalamdan
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Noun
qalamdan (plural qalamdans)
- A Persian box or case for storing a pen.
- 1985, Stuart Cary Welch, India: Art and Culture, 1300-1900 (page 139)
- Like other qalamdans made for discerning and affluent penmen, this one is inscribed with its maker's name and the date of its execution as well as a virtual anthology of appropriate Arabic and Persian verses.
- 1985, Stuart Cary Welch, India: Art and Culture, 1300-1900 (page 139)
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