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Blagaj Tekke (in Bosnian: Blagajska Tekija) is a historical Sufi structure located in the south of Bosnia and Herzegovina, in the town of Blagaj, which is part of the city of Mostar. The tekke is situated right next to the karstic spring of the Buna River and stands as one of the examples of Ottoman-era Sufi architecture in the Balkans. Associated with the Halveti and Bektashi orders, the structure played a functional role in shaping the religious and social practices of Islamic culture in the r