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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}} 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 | pages = 63–74, 120–125, 152–155 | isbn = 978-954-322-197-4 |language=Bulgarian }}</ref> The sarcophagus is usually entirely covered by gifts and is only rarely displayed to Alevi pilgrims.

The mausoleum is thought to have been constructed in the 16th century on what was probably an ancient [[Thracians|Thracian]] holy site from the 4th century BC. A cult complex (''[[Khanqah|tekke]]'') gradually emerged around the ''türbe''. This included a holy spring, a [[mosque]] that was mentioned by travellers in the 18th and 19th centuries but was then destroyed, and a wooden public kitchen (''[[imaret]]'') which was pulled down in 1976 due to its deteriorating condition. The ''tekke'' features that have survived until today are the mausoleum, the holy spring, a residential building and a low stone fence surrounding the complex.<ref name="mikov"/>

Demir Baba Teke was proclaimed a monument of culture of local importance in 1970 by the government of the then-[[People's Republic of Bulgaria]]. The mausoleum was renovated in 1991–1994: the decaying wooden floor was replaced with a new one and the building's interior decorative elements (including the 19th-century [[fresco|murals]]) were reconstructed.<ref name="mikov"/>

==Gallery==

<gallery>
File:Kanitz - Demir baba teke.png|Demir Baba Teke as seen by Austrian traveller [[Felix Philipp Kanitz]] in the 19th century
File:Demir Baba Teke Ehtrance.JPG|View towards the entrance of the mausoleum
File:Demir Baba tekkesi Razgrad isperih.jpg|Distant view towards the complex
</gallery>

==References==
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==Further reading==
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* {{cite book |first=Катерина |last=Венедикова |coauthors=Диана Гергова |title=Демир Баба Теке — Българският Ерусалим |publisher=Агато |year=2006 |isbn=978-954-8761-77-2 |language = Bulgarian }}
* {{cite book |first=Евгений К. |last=Теодоров |coauthors=Диана Гергова |title=Прабългарски и тракийски следи |publisher=ИК "Изток-Запад" |location=София |year=2006 |isbn=954-321-299-6 |language = Bulgarian }}
* {{cite book |title=Българските алиани. Сборник етнографски материали. |editor=И. Георгиева. |location=София |year=1997 |language = Bulgarian }}
* {{cite book |first=Диана |last=Гергова |title=Сборяново — свещената земя на гетите |publisher=Български бестселър |location=София |year=2004 |language = Bulgarian }}

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[[Category:16th-century architecture]]
[[Category:Places of worship in Bulgaria]]
[[Category:Islam in Bulgaria]]
[[Category:Razgrad Province]]

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