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
Music by	Farhad Fakhreddini
Country of origin	Iran
Original language(s)	Persian, Urdu
No. of episodes	22
Production
Producer(s)	Mohammed Beygzadeh
Cinematography	Maziar Partow
Editor(s)	Mehrzad Menoush
Running time	50 minutes (approximately)
Distributor	IRIB
Release
Original network	Soroush TV
Original release	1992-1998

Shaheed-e-Kufa or The Martyr of Kufa or Imam Ali Series (Persian: سریال امام علی‎‎; Urdu: سیریل امام علی‎) is an Iranian epic television series focusing on the life of Ali ibn Abi Talib, directed by Davood Mirbagheri, 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.

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.