Takia-ye Dawlat or Takiyeh-e Dowlat 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 has a capacity for more than 4,000 people. Built in 1868[1] 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.[2]
It was here that Reza Shah proclaimed the downfall of the Qajar dynasty.[3] The takia was destroyed in 1947 and a bank building was constructed on the site.[4]