Blagaj tekke, Ottoman monastery in Blagaj, Bosnia and Herzegovina.

The Blagaj Tekke stands at the source of the Buna River, nestled against a limestone cliff rising around 200 meters above it. The building contains multiple levels with prayer rooms, residential quarters, and service areas arranged with traditional Ottoman interior finishes.

A Sufi tekke, not a monastery, stood here by around 1520, first run by the Bektashi order. In the 18th century Mostar mufti Zijauddin Ahmed ibn Mustafa renewed it as a Halveti centre. Rockfalls from the cliff above repeatedly damaged it; Omer-paša Latas ordered a restoration in 1851 at the request of Sheikh Ačik-paša, and the present building dates from then. It closed in 1925 after the death of its last sheikh, Sejdo Šehović.

The tekke was run by the Bektashi order and, after an 18th-century renovation by the Mostar mufti Zijauddin Ahmed ibn Mustafa, became a centre of the Halveti order. Its last sheikh, Sejdo Šehović, died in 1925, and from 1974 the Islamic Community again used and protected the building.

Wear sturdy footwear since access to the site involves stairs and some steep pathways around the building. Visit in early morning or early afternoon when sunlight illuminates the courtyard and makes walking around the grounds easier and more comfortable.

The tekke is not a monastery but a Sufi lodge, and the building seen today dates from 1851, when Omer-paša Latas rebuilt it at the request of Sheikh Ačik-baša. A rockfall around 1920 tore away the semahana, the room above the river used for Sufi ritual, and the last major restoration came in 1952.