A documentary by Pejman Akbarzadeh. Registered as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, the 6th-century Derbent / Darband fortification complex is considered the largest defensive structure of Persia’s Sasanian dynasty in the Caucasus. It is now located in the Republic of Dagestan, the southernmost tip of Russia, where Westerners have been advised against travelling due to the bloody conflicts between Islamist groups and Russian forces. (www.DerbentOnline.com)
This film illuminates the historical significance of the fortification system, which was originally built to guard the northern frontier of the Persian Empire.
“Derbent: What Persia Left Behind” also explores the unique architecture of the massive fortress and how it has been preserved for some fifteen centuries by Persian, Arab, Turkish and Russian rulers. Built strategically in the narrowest area between the Caucasus Mountains and the Caspian Sea, the fortification includes the northernmost Middle Persian (Pahlavi) inscriptions in the world, which are in danger of destruction. The 42-km defense wall of the complex that extended toward the Black Sea had already been destroyed in the Soviet era.
Funded by the Persian Heritage Foundation and Soudavar Memorial Foundation, the documentary, features commentary from four internationally recognized scholars: Murtazali Gadjiev (head of the Archaeology Department of the Dagestan Science Academy), Dietrich Huff (German Archaeological Institute), Parvaneh Pourshariati (New York City College of Technology), and Matthew Canepa (University of California, Irvine).
World Premiere: September 1, 2022, 9:00 AM (Thirteenth biennial of “Association of Iranian Studies”, University of Salamanca, Spain, the screening will be followed by a Q&A session with director Pejman Akbarzadeh)– 12 September: FU Berlin, German Orientalists Conference (DOT 2022 / Deutscher Orientalistentag)
دربند، یادگار ایران در روسیه – فیلم مستندی از پژمان اکبرزاده
— Республика Дагестан, Пе́рсия, Иран, Государство Сасанидов, Среднеперсидский язык – Пётр I – Каспийское море – Кавказ – Perse – persane – Persien – Perser – Perzische rijk – iranische / iranienne / Byzantine / Περσία / Καύκασος / Περσική Αυτοκρατορία / Σασσανιδική / Βυζαντινή / Ρωμαϊκή – Safavid / Qajar / Russian-Persian wars / Iranian / Peter the Great Persian Campaign
جنگ های ایران و روس – ساسانیان – صفویان – نادرشاه – افشاریان – قاجار – عهدنامه گلستان – باستان شناسی – آقامحمدخان – پتر کتبر – کتیبه پهلوی – پارسی میانه – قفقاز
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