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Location | Tehran, Persia ( Iran) |
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Coordinates | 35°40′42.65″N 51°25′15.93″E / 35.6785139°N 51.4210917°E |
Owner | Royal court of Persia (Qajar dynasty) |
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Takyeh Theatre First Constituent assembly of Persia (Iran) |
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Opened | 1868 |
Demolished | 1946 |
Architect | Hossein-Ali Mehrin |
The Takyeh Dowlat ( Persian: تکیه دولت, lit. 'State Takyeh' [1]) was a royal theater in Tehran, Iran. It was the most famous of all the ta'zieh performance spaces, for the Mourning of Muharram. It had a capacity for more than 4,000 people. Built in 1868 [2] by Naser al-Din Shah Qajar south-east of the Golestan Palace on the site of the Síyáh-Chál, the royal theater's sumptuous magnificence surpassed that of Europe's greatest opera houses in the opinion of many Western visitors. [3] Samuel Greene Wheeler Benjamin said on his first visit that it was comparable to Verona Arena.
According to Karim Pirnia, Hossein-Ali Mehrin was the architect of this building. [4]
It was here that Reza Shah proclaimed the downfall of the Qajar dynasty. [5] The Takyeh Dowlat was destroyed in 1947 and a bank building was constructed on the site. [6]
the State Takyeh
35°40′42.65″N 51°25′15.93″E / 35.6785139°N 51.4210917°E