Takyeh Dowlat

{{short description|Royal takyeh in Tehran, Iran}} {{Infobox venue | name = Takyeh Dowlat | nickname = | native_name = | native_name_lang = | fullname = | former_names = | logo_image = | logo_caption = | image = File:الحاق موقت کلاه فرنگی به مجموعه تکیه دولت. عکس از عبدالله میرزا قاجار.jpg | image_size = | image_alt = | caption = Exterior of the ''Takyeh Dowlat'', photographed by Abdollah Mirza Qajar | pushpin_map = | pushpin_mapsize = | pushpin_map_caption = | pushpin_label_position = | address = | location = Tehran, Iran | coordinates = {{coord|35|40|42.65|N|51|25|15.93|E}} | type = | event = Takyeh Theatre First Constituent assembly of Iran | broke_ground = | built = | opened = 1868 | renovated = | expanded = | closed = | demolished = 1946 | owner = Royal court of Iran (Qajar dynasty) | operator = | surface = | scoreboard = | production = | cost = | architect = Hossein-Ali Mehrin | project_manager = | structural_engineer = | services_engineer = | general_contractor = | main_contractors = | seating_type = | capacity = | suites = | record_attendance = | dimensions = | field_shape = | acreage = | volume = | tenants = | embedded = | website =  | public_transit = }}

The '''Takyeh Dowlat''' ({{langx|fa|تکیه دولت|lit=State Takyeh}}<ref>{{cite book|title=Iran in days of old|page=164|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AOptAAAAMAAJ|author=Rayḥānah Shahristānī|year=1987|quote=the State Takyeh}}</ref>) was a royal theater in Tehran, built in 1868 by the order of Naser al-Din Shah Qajar.<ref>Abbas Amanat. [https://books.google.com/books?id=L-xt4WkT4WIC Pivot of the universe: Nasir al-Din Shah Qajar and the Iranian Monarchy], p. 435.</ref> With a capacity for 20,000 people,<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Malek |first=Sarah |title=A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF TAKIEH DOWLAT THEATRE WITH ROYAL ALBERT HALL IN LONDON |url=https://www.academia.edu/8308526/A_COMPARATIVE_STUDY_OF_TAKIEH_DOWLAT_THEATRE_WITH_ROYAL_ALBERT_HALL_IN_LONDON}}</ref> it was the largest theater in the history of Iran.<ref>{{Cite web |last=cs2-admin |date=2016-12-13 |title=Dissolving in Time: The Traditional Iranian Theatre |url=https://www.critical-stages.org/14/dissolving-in-time-the-traditional-iranian-theatre/ |access-date=2026-04-20 |website=Critical Stages/Scènes critiques |language=en-US}}</ref> The theater's sumptuous magnificence surpassed that of Europe's greatest opera houses in the opinion of many Western visitors.<ref name="Iranica">{{cite encyclopedia | title=TA'ZIA | encyclopedia=Encyclopedia of Iranica | accessdate=2010-06-15|url=http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/tazia}}</ref> 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.<ref>Mohammad Karim Pirnia, ''Sabk Shenasi Mi'mari Irani'' (Study of styles in Iranian architecture), M. Karim Pirnia. 2005. {{ISBN|964-96113-2-0}} pp.134-135</ref> The theater shortly had a colossal 24-meters-tall Rotunda and carried a steel dome, before both were demolished in the late 19th century, fearing that the pressure would damage the roof of the theater itself.<ref>{{Cite web |last=cs2-admin |date=2016-12-13 |title=Dissolving in Time: The Traditional Iranian Theatre |url=https://www.critical-stages.org/14/dissolving-in-time-the-traditional-iranian-theatre/ |access-date=2026-04-20 |website=Critical Stages/Scènes critiques |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Malek |first=Sarah |title=A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF TAKIEH DOWLAT THEATRE WITH ROYAL ALBERT HALL IN LONDON |url=https://www.academia.edu/8308526/A_COMPARATIVE_STUDY_OF_TAKIEH_DOWLAT_THEATRE_WITH_ROYAL_ALBERT_HALL_IN_LONDON}}</ref>

After the assassination of Naser al-Din Shah Qajar in 1896, the importance and glory of Persian theatre gradually lost support from the court and the royal theater hosted the Senate of Iran. In 1925, it was from this theater that Reza Shah proclaimed the downfall of the Qajar dynasty.<ref>{{Cite web |last=goudarzali |date=2022-02-05 |title=Tekyeh Dowlat – The Royal Tazieh Theater of Tehran |url=https://persianarcharchives.org/2022/02/05/tekyeh-dowlat-the-royal-tazieh-theater-of-tehran/ |access-date=2026-04-20 |website=Persian Achitecture Archives |language=en-US}}</ref> In 1948 the Takyeh Dowlat was finally demolished.<ref>{{Cite web |last=cs2-admin |date=2016-12-13 |title=Dissolving in Time: The Traditional Iranian Theatre |url=https://www.critical-stages.org/14/dissolving-in-time-the-traditional-iranian-theatre/ |access-date=2026-04-20 |website=Critical Stages/Scènes critiques |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=goudarzali |date=2022-02-05 |title=Tekyeh Dowlat – The Royal Tazieh Theater of Tehran |url=https://persianarcharchives.org/2022/02/05/tekyeh-dowlat-the-royal-tazieh-theater-of-tehran/ |access-date=2026-04-20 |website=Persian Achitecture Archives |language=en-US}}</ref>

==Notable events== It was here that Reza Shah proclaimed the downfall of the Qajar dynasty.<ref>Saeed Alizadeh, Alireza Pahlavani, Ali Sadrnia. [https://books.google.com/books?id=rF-GOxcLqnYC&q=dowlat+1925 Iran: a chronological history ]. p. 197.</ref> The Takyeh Dowlat was destroyed in 1947 and a bank building was constructed on its site.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=COkXM9n7KUcC The world encyclopedia of contemporary theatre], Volume 3 edited by Don Rubin, p. 215.</ref>

==Gallery== <gallery mode="packed" heights="70px"> File:Takiyeh-e Dowlat.JPG|The Takyeh Dowlat, Tehran, Iran. File:Tekyeh Dowlat and Badgir Mansion at Golestan Palace.jpg|The Takyeh Dowlat adjacent to ''Emarat-e'' ''Bādgīr'' (the Windcatcher Mansion) in Golestan Palace File:Tekyeh Dowlat Main Entrance.jpg|Main Entrance File:Naser al-Din Shah Qajar's Funeral at Tekyeh Dowlat.jpg|Naser al-Din Shah Qajar's funeral at the Takyeh Dowlat File:RezaShah Oath Tekyeh Dowlat.jpg|Reza Shah taking an oath at the Constituent assembly File:Female Spectators at Tekyeh Dowlat.jpg|Spectators at the Takyeh Dowlat File:Tekiyeh dolat.jpg </gallery>

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{{coord|35|40|42.65|N|51|25|15.93|E|display=title|region:IR_type:landmark_source:dewiki}} Category:Takyehs Category:Buildings and structures in Tehran Category:Amphitheaters Category:Theatres in Iran Category:Demolished buildings and structures in Iran Category:Buildings and structures demolished in 1947