Arabic Majlis Sofa & Floor Seating Sets

Arabic Majlis Floor Sofa Sets — shipped across the USA

A majlis is not a sofa on the floor. It is a different way of arranging a room. Seating runs along the walls instead of facing a television, everyone sits at the same level, and the middle of the room stays open for a tray, a table, or children. It is the arrangement most Afghan, Arab, Persian and Central-Asian households grew up with. Order online and we ship to every US state and Canada, or sit on one first at our Sacramento showroom.

One piece of furniture, a dozen names

People arrive looking for this with completely different words, and almost nobody agrees on which is correct. They are all the same thing — so if any of these is the phrase in your head, you are in the right place:

• Majlis sofa and majlis seating — the Gulf term. Majlis means the sitting room itself, so the furniture took the room’s name.
• Arabic sofa, Arabic sofa set, Arabic couch — what most people in the US search for when they have seen one at a relative’s house and do not know the word for it.
• Arabic floor seating, Arabic floor sofa, floor couch — the descriptive names. Accurate, and the ones interior designers tend to use.
• Jalsa — Levantine and Gulf usage, from the word for “sitting”. A jalsa set and a majlis set are the same four pieces.
• Diwan — the older Ottoman and Persian word. It is where the English word divan comes from.
• Toshak — Afghan, and genuinely a different shape: longer, simpler, no armrest. If that is what you want, it is in the Afghan toshak collection.

Everything on this page is the four-piece Arabic majlis set. Nothing here is hand-knotted, antique, or anything other than what the listing says it is.

What a set is, and what it costs

Every set here is four pieces: one floor seat cushion, two backrest pillows and an armrest pillow. You choose how much of it you want:

• Cover only — $85 a set. The fabric alone. Buy this if you already own foam, or you are re-covering a set you have had for years.
• Two complete sets with foam — $419.99. Two seat cushions, four backrest pillows and two armrest pillows, covered and filled, ready to sit on. About $210 a set, and it ships free.
• Foam for two sets — $239.99. The filling only, for covers you already have.

A single set with foam is sold at the showroom only (pickup), and the listing says so plainly. To seat a whole living room, order two of the two-set bundles. That is the honest number, at one price, every day. We do not mark a set up and then show you a permanent discount off it.

Buying online from outside Sacramento

• Where we ship: every US state and every Canadian province, from our own Sacramento warehouse.
• Cost: free shipping on orders of $110 or more; a flat $20 below that.
• Speed: typically 3 to 5 business days, with tracking on every order.
• Foam arrives compressed and expands fully within about a day once laid flat.
• Returns: 30 days, full refund on unused items in original packaging (return shipping is paid by the customer; defective items we cover).
• Help choosing: send a photo of your room on WhatsApp and we will tell you how many sets fit.

Why we can price it that way

We import the foam ourselves, by the container, direct from the manufacturer, rather than buying finished sets from a middleman. That is the reason for the price, not a promotion.

Specifications

• Foam: polyurethane, 28 density, 190 × 70 × 10 cm — about 75″ long, 27½″ deep and 4″ thick. Four inches is the thickness that stays comfortable for a long evening; thinner pads bottom out against the floor.
• Covers: double-sided, first-class polyester, in traditional and modern patterns.
• Care: the covers come off and go in the wash at 30°C, then air dry — which is the whole point of a removable cover. The foam core itself is spot-cleaned.
• Storage: folds flat. A set that is out every evening in winter can go in a closet for the summer.

Before you order — two honest things

A floor sofa is not freestanding. The backrest needs a wall, or something solid, behind it. Set out in the middle of a room with nothing behind it, it will lean back. Plan the wall first, then count the sets.

Measure the wall, not the room. Each seat is about 75 inches long. A 12-foot wall takes two sets with a little room at each end — one two-set bundle; a standard living room usually needs three or four sets to run two walls.

Answering your questions about majlis seating

Where can I buy an Arabic majlis floor sofa in the USA?

Right here. We sell majlis covers and complete sets with foam online and ship them to every US state and Canada, typically in 3 to 5 business days — free on orders over $110. Near Sacramento, you can also sit on one at our Watt Avenue showroom.

How many Arabic sofa sets do I need?

Measure the walls you want to seat and divide by roughly 6.5 feet per set. Two sets make a corner, three make an L, four line two full walls. If you are unsure, send us a photo of the room on WhatsApp (916) 890-4077 and we will tell you what fits.

Is it comfortable to sit on for a whole evening?

With the 4-inch foam, yes — that is what the thickness is for. The backrest pillows do the rest of the work, which is why the wall behind matters. Cover-only, laid over thin padding, is not the same thing and is not meant to be.

Can I wash the covers?

Yes — they unzip, wash at 30°C and air dry. That is the practical advantage of this kind of seating over an upholstered sofa: the part that gets used is the part you can take off and clean.

Can I buy covers now and foam later?

Yes, and plenty of customers do. The cover-only option exists for exactly that, and for re-covering a set you already own rather than replacing it.

Does an Arabic floor sofa work as a guest bed?

Yes. At 75 inches long and 4 inches thick it sleeps an adult comfortably for a night or two — which is how these have always been used. That is also why they fold.

What is the difference between a majlis and an Afghan toshak?

Mostly the shape of the set and the pattern tradition. A majlis set is four pieces built around a backrest and an armrest; an Afghan toshak is a longer, simpler floor mattress with two matching cushions. Many households mix the two.

Can I see and sit on one before buying?

Yes, and with floor seating you really should. The sets are on the floor at our Sacramento showroom, 3423 Watt Avenue — sit on one for five minutes and you will know. WhatsApp (916) 890-4077 to check a colour is in before you drive over, or for a photo or video of it if you are ordering from out of state.

Related

• Afghan Toshak & Cushions · Prayer Mats · Persian-design rugs to go under the seating
• Reading: What Is an Arabic Majlis Sofa? · What Is a Majlis Rug?

Free shipping on orders over $110 across the US and Canada, 30-day returns, and free local delivery within 6 miles of our Watt Ave showroom.