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Salman the Persian (TV series)

Salman the Persian (Persian: سلمان فارسی, romanized: Salman-e Farsi) is an upcoming Iranian historical drama television series written and directed by Davood Mir-Bagheri. It is the biggest cultural project in Iranian history. It depicts the story of Salman the Persian in three historical eras of the Sasanian Empire, the Byzantine Empire and the beginning of Islam.

The series is going to be 60 episodes long in 3 seasons, and it is scheduled to air in 2026.

Plot

The series revolves around the life, times and migration of Salman (Rouzbeh) from 568 CE, and continues until the Ghadir Khumm in 632 CE. As a Zoroastrian, Rouzbeh devotes most of his time studying to become a Magus. He later left Iran and began traveling throughout Western Asia to interfaith dialogue with other religious groups. Rouzbeh's searches led him to Christianity and about 70 years of travels to various cities, churches and shrines of the Byzantine era. After meeting the Islamic Prophet Muhammad in Medina, Salman converted to Islam, became one of Muhammad's most prominent non-Arab companions, and one of his closest friends.

Cast

Apart from the main stars, 20,000 actors have been identified from all over Iran, and 1,500 characters are present in the series. A large number of theater actors will play roles in the series. Abdollah Eskandari is the make-up artist. The series includes hundreds of actors from all over the world including Tunisia, Greece, Armenia, India, Iraq, Africa, China, and more. Over 40 professional actors from the mentioned countries will play major roles in the series.

Alireza Shoja Nouri
Farhad Aslani
Mohammad Reza Sharifi Niya
Hesam Manzour
Hossein Yari
Siamak Atlasi
Elika Abdolrazzaghi
Mahmoud Pak Niat
Enayatollah Bakhshi
Ali Dehkordi
Setareh Eskandari
Behnaz Jafari
Mohammad Reza Hedayati
Hichem Rostom
Darius Farhang
Enayat Shafie
Jafar Dehghan
Arash Taj Tehrani
Ehteram Boroumand
Anoush Moazzami
Majid Mozafari
Mohammad Fili
Hassan Mirbakhri
Mohammad Taghi Afshar
Genghis Jalilvand
Reza Karimi
Mohammad Javad Jafarpour
Toraj Nasr
Shokrkhoda Goodarzi
Behnaz Tavakoli
Youssef Sayadi
Mehran Ghafourian
Genghis Vosughy
Buick Mirzaei
Abdul Reza Akbari
Shahram Abdulli
Mohammadreza Haqgoo
Mehdi Sabai
Rahman Bagharian
Ali Osiwand
Mehdi Fakhimzadeh
Mehdi Sabai
Amir Rezaei
Sajjad Mohin Ahadzadeh
Manos Pintzis
Panagiotis Bougiouris
Nikos Porsanidis
Christina Sotiriou
Panos Gogos
Samul Sarkisian
Ramona Shah
Tomaj Danesh Behzadi
Pouyan Hakemi
Arian Babadi

Production

Pre-production

Mir-Bagheri finished the initial writing in 1999 and according to him, he has been writing it for 20 years. Early discussions and pre-production of the series began in 2016, after two years of research and crew's trips to areas such as Georgia, Armenia, Morocco, Turkey, Africa, Khuzestan, Chabahar, Tatev Monastery, Khor Virap, Lut Desert, Etchmiadzin Cathedral, Garni Temple, Fez, Casablanca, Rabat and Tangier. The crew also visited dozens of historical sites from the Ancient Carthage, Barbarian, and Roman eras in various countries, many of which flourished in the 5th to 6th centuries AD, coinciding with Salman's travels.

Filming

The official filming and production of the series started in December of 2018 in Shahdad, Kerman. The actors and crew also filmed in other locations such as Shahrood, Semnan, Qeshm Island, Damavand and Mazandaran. A significant part of the filming has been done in the natural landscapes of Iran. Turkey was also considered as one of the locations of the series, but due to COVID-19, this plan was canceled. The crew has shot several Byzantine-era scenes in Armenia and Saint Stepanos Monastery in Julfa. The Sassanid season has been filmed in areas such as Shahrood, Hyrcanian forests and Mojen, which includes several historical places such as Ctesiphon, Silk Road, Fars and Isfahan. A significant part of the Sassanid season has been filmed at multiple Cinema Towns in Tehran. For the first time ever, the series will depict 100 years of Iranian history from the time of Khosrow I, Hormizd IV, Kavad I, Shirin and Farhad, the death of Khosrow II, Bahram Chobin and many others.

Set design and Visual effects

The set designer of the series is the veteran Mohsen Shah Ebrahimi. Approximately 12 thousand clothes have been designed and produced for the series. The series is one of the first works of Iranian cinema and television that is using Chroma Key technology for visual effects.