The Takyeh Dowlat (Persian: تکیه دولت, lit.

It was the most famous of all the ta'zieh performance spaces, for the Mourning of Muharram.

Built in 1868[2] by the order of 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.

[5] The Takyeh Dowlat was destroyed in 1947 and a bank building was constructed on its site.