Shaheed-e-Kufa
| Imam Ali the Series | |
|---|---|
 VCD Cover Imam Ali the Series | |
| Genre | History |
| Written by | Davood Mirbagheri |
| Directed by | Davood Mirbagheri |
| Starring |
Dariush Arjmand Vishka Asayesh Parviz Parastui Farhad Aslani Mehdi Fat'hi Behzad Farahani Mohammad-Reza Sharifinia Sirous Gorjestani Asghar Hemmat Karim Akbari Mobarakeh |
| Country of origin | Iran |
| Original language(s) | Persian |
| No. of episodes | 22 |
| Production | |
| Producer(s) | Mohammed Beygzadeh |
| Cinematography | Maziar Partow |
| Running time | 50 minutes (approximately) |
| Distributor | IRIB |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | Soroush TV |
Shaheed-e-Kufa or The Martyr of Kufa or Imam Ali Series (Persian: سریال امام علی; Urdu: سیریل امام علی) was an epic Iranian television series, in Persian, concerning the life of Ali ibn Abi Talib, directed by Davood Mirbagheri,[1][2] and originally broadcast in 1992 in 22 episodes. It was subsequently released on DVD, with other editions including one with English sub-titles, and one dubbed into Urdu. The series covers the events before the caliphate of Ali ibn Abi Talib to his assassination in Kufa, Iraq.
Cast
- Dariush Arjmand as Malik al-Ashtar
- Vishka Asayesh as Quttam
- Mohammad-Reza Sharifinia as Waleed ibn Uqba
- Mehdi Fat'hi as 'Amr ibn al-'As and Ali ibn Abi Talib (without showing of face)
- Jamshid Mashayekhi as Abdullah ibn Mas'ud
- Parviz Parastui as Muhammad ibn Abi Bakr
- Jahangir Forouhar as Abu Sufyan ibn Harb
- Behzad Farahani as Muawiyah I
- Farhad Aslani as Yazid I
- Davoud Rashidi as Hakim ibn Jablah
- Hossein Panahi as Son of Khabbab
- Nematollah Gorji as an old man
- Azita Hajian as a Roman Slave girl
- Akbar Abdi as Romi
- Ahmad Ghadakchian as Businessman
- Abbas Amiri as Abu Musa Ashaari
- Sirous Gorjestani as Aba Quttam
- Saeed Nikpour as Ammar ibn Yasir
- Enayat Bakhshi as Abdullah ibn Wahab al-Rasbi
- Anoushirvan Arjmand Asha's ibn Qays
- Parvaneh Masoumi as Hagar
- Bagher Sahraroodi as Ka'ab al-Ahbar
- Karim Akbari Mobarakeh as Abd-al-Rahman ibn Muljam
- Mansour Vala Magham as Zubayr ibn al-Awam
- Javad Khodadadi as Abu Dhar al-Ghifari
- Shohreh Lorestani as Maryam Bint Osman
- Siavash Shakeri as Abu Zeyd
- Manochehr Larijani as Talhah
- Fakhri Khorvash as Nannies walid
- Ali Azad as Abd Allah ibn Abbas
- Farideh Sepah Mansour as Om zar
- Touran Mehrzad as Asma
- Morteza Zarrabi as Jewish sorcerer
- Hossein Khanibeik as Dinar
- Aziz Honar Amooz as Aqeel ibn Abi Talib
- Soroush Khalili as Courier
- Atash Taghipour as Saadoun
- Reza Khandan as Adi ibn Hatim
- Fakhreddin Seddigh Sharif as Ben addis
- Akbar Sangi as Abd Allah ibn al-Zubayr
- Sarvar Nejat Allahi as Walid wife
- Rahman Baghrian Uthman ibn Hunaif
- Ali Asghar Garmsiri as Rags
- Ali Zandi as Sa`d ibn Abi Waqqas
- Nader Rajabpour as Ibn amer
- Changiz Vossoughi as Werdan bin Mojaled
- Enayatollah Shafei as Jondab-e-asadi
Music
The music for the series was composed by Farhad Fakhreddini and involved a choir and the singer Sediq Tarif. Consisting of 17 tracks, the music was subsequently released on the Soroush label.
Track listing
| Emam Ali Peace be Upon Him | |
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| Soundtrack album by Farhad Fakhreddini | |
| Released | 2000 |
| Genre | International |
| Label | Soroush |
| No. | Title | Artist(s) | Length | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Kole Sobh" | Farhad Fakhreddini | 06:22 | |
| 2. | "Malek Ashtar" | Farhad Fakhreddini | 03:19 | |
| 3. | "Raghs Khanjar" | Farhad Fakhreddini | 05:28 | |
| 4. | "Ghotam" | Farhad Fakhreddini | 04:13 | |
| 5. | "Kakhe Sabz" | Farhad Fakhreddini | 04:40 | |
| 6. | "Tanhaee" | Farhad Fakhreddini | 10:07 | |
| 7. | "Didar" | Farhad Fakhreddini | 01:51 | |
| 8. | "Homaye Rahmat" | Farhad Fakhreddini | 03:14 | |
| 9. | "Karevane Ayesheh" | Farhad Fakhreddini | 03:08 | |
| 10. | "Savaran 1" | Farhad Fakhreddini | 03:19 | |
| 11. | "Aroosie Abuzar" | Farhad Fakhreddini | 03:07 | |
| 12. | "Sepah-e Ali" | Farhad Fakhreddini | 03:44 | |
| 13. | "Sepah-e Moavieh" | Farhad Fakhreddini | 01:51 | |
| 14. | "Jange Saffein" | Farhad Fakhreddini | 03:48 | |
| 15. | "Savaran 2" | Farhad Fakhreddini | 05:21 | |
| 16. | "Sharbat-e Marg" | Farhad Fakhreddini | 02:38 | |
| 17. | "Shahadat" | Farhad Fakhreddini | 01:44 |