From Shiraz to Zanzibar

African Shirazis remnants of ancient ties between Iran and Africa

بی بی سی: فیلم مستند از شیراز تا زنگبار حاصل پژوهشی چند ساله و سفری دو هفته ای به زنگبار است. در این برنامه 52 دقیقه ای ابعاد تاریخی ارتباط بین ایران و آفریقا بررسی و رد پای ایرانیانی که درآن قاره نامی از خود به جا گذاشته اند دنبال می شود. از بین ایرانیانی که طی هزاره ها به آفریقا سفر کرده اند، شیرازی ها از همه مشهورتر و معروف ترند. بنا به روایات تاریخی شیرازی ها حدود هزار سال پیش پا به سواحل شرق آفریقا گذاشتند و در آنجا سلسله ای به همین نام تاسیس کردند که از آن آثاری (ساختمان، سکه، نوشته) در شهر کیلوه کیسیوانی تانزانیا، جزیره زنگبار، جزیره پنبه، جزیره تومباتو و نزدیکی مومباسا در کنیا پیدا شده است. مردمی که تا امروز خود را شیرازی می نامند و معتقدند به این دلیل که اجداد آنها از ایران آمده اند از دیگر اقوام آن خطه متفاوتند، ظاهرشان آفریقایی است و شباهتی به ایرانیان ندارند.



01-Apr-2011
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