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{{coord|43|44|N|26|45|E|region:BG|display=title}}[[File:Демир Баба Теке.jpg|left|thumb|300px|Frontal view of Demir Baba Teke]]
'''Demir Baba Teke''' ({{lang-bg|Демир баба теке}}; {{lang-tr|Demir Baba Tekkesi}}) is a 16th-century [[Alevi]] [[mausoleum]] (''[[türbe]]'') near the village of [[Sveshtari]], [[Isperih]] municipality, [[Razgrad Province]] in northeastern [[Bulgaria]]. As part of the [[Sboryanovo]] historical and archaeological reserve, Demir Baba Teke is one of the [[100 Tourist Sites of Bulgaria]].

The mausoleum is thought to be the resting place of Demir Baba, a 16th-century Alevi saint. The tomb itself is a [[heptagon]]al building constructed out of local [[sandstone]]. It has a lower rectangular antechamber and is covered by a hemispherical dome {{convert|11|m|ft|abbr=off|lk=on}} in height. Demir Baba's grave lies in the middle of the heptagonal inner premise. Constructed out of bricks and wood, the [[sarcophagus]] is {{convert|3.74|m|ft}} in length and is positioned with the saint's head pointing southwest.<ref name="mikov">{{cite book | last = Миков | first = Любомир | year = 2007 | title = Култова архитектура и изкуство на хетеродоксните мюсюлмани в България (XVI-XX век) | publisher = Академично издателство „Проф. Марин Дринов“ | location = София | pa(contracted; show full)[[Category:Alevism]]
[[Category:16th-century architecture]]
[[Category:Places of worship in Bulgaria]]
[[Category:Islam in Bulgaria]]
[[Category:Razgrad Province]]

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