Maritime Silk Road (film)

Maritime Silk Road
Directed by Mohammad Bozorgnia
Produced by Hasan Beshkofeh
Written by Mohammad Bozorgnia
Starring Dariush Arjmand
Reza Kianian
Ezzatollah Entezami
Bahram Radan
Payam Dehkordi
Music by Chan Kwong-wing
Cinematography Bahram Badakhshani
Distributed by Farabi Cinematic Foundation
Release dates
  • February 20, 2011 (2011-02-20)
Running time
 120 minutes
Country Iran
Language Persian
Budget $8-10 million USD

Maritime Silk Road (Persian: راه آبی ابريشم‎‎) is a 2011 Iranian film[1] about a man called Soleiman Siraf who, according to historical documents, was the first sailor to cross the Indian Ocean to China. His route was then called the Maritime Silk Road and many merchants took that route to get their merchandise to China. One of the passengers in this film is a young man named Shazan Ibn Yusof who keeps a log of the voyage. The Maritime Silk Road started in The Persian Gulf and continued into India, Thailand and China. Shooting for some scenes in the film took place in Kanchanaburi, Thailand and used elephants from the Taweechai Elephant Camp.

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  1. ↑ Smith, Ian Hayden (2012). International Film Guide 2012. p. 148. ISBN 978-1908215017.

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