Tekyeh_Dowlat

Takyeh Dowlat

Takyeh Dowlat

Royal takyeh in Tehran, Iran

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.

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According to Karim Pirnia, Hossein-Ali Mehrin was the architect of this building.[4]

Notable events

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]


References

  1. [1]
    Rayḥānah Shahristānī (1987). Iran in days of old. p. 164. the State Takyeh
  2. [2]
    Abbas Amanat. Pivot of the universe: Nasir al-Din Shah Qajar and the Iranian Monarchy, p. 435.
  3. [3]
    "TA'ZIA". Encyclopedia of Iranica. Retrieved 2010-06-15.
  4. [4]
    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
  5. [5]
    Saeed Alizadeh, Alireza Pahlavani, Ali Sadrnia. Iran: a chronological history . p. 197.
  6. [6]
    The world encyclopedia of contemporary theatre, Volume 3 edited by Don Rubin, p. 215.
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