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{{Short description| Town in Anantnag, Jammu and Kashmir}}
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'''Dooru Shahabad''' or '''Door Shahabad''' is a town and the headquarters of the Dooru tehsil in the [[Anantnag District|Anantnag district]] of the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India|union territory]] of [[Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)|Jammu and Kashmir]]. It is also known as a historical township in South Kashmir's [[Anantnag district]]. Doru Shahabad is considered as a place of intelligence, where great scholars like [[Mahmud Gami|Mehmood Shah Gami]], [[Rasul Mir|Rasul Mir Shahabadi]] were born. Religious scholars like [[Sanaullah Amritsari]] also share a lineage. These scholars contributed to the literature and culture of [[Kashmir]]. In present times, Shahabad has produced chief ministers such as [[Syed Mir Qasim]], and other [[politician]]s, [[bureaucrat]]s, and leading [[agricultural scientist]]s.

==Demographics==
[[File:Tehsil Library, Dooru Shahabad.jpg|thumb|Tehsil Library, Dooru Shahabad]]

According to the 2011 Indian [[census]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040616075334/http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999|archive-date=2004-06-16|title= Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)|access-date=2008-11-01|publisher= Census Commission of India}}</ref> Doru had a population of 19,429. Males constituted 53% of the population and females 47%. Doru had an average literacy rate of 70.61%, higher than the national average of 68%, with 83.09% of the males and 58.41% of females literate. 23% of the population was under 6 years of age.

==Literature==
Kashmiri poets, such as [[Rasul Mir]], [[Mahmud Gami]], [[Hamidullah Shahabadi|Hamidullah]] an many others lived in Doru Shahabad. The religious Kashmiri pandit scholar Damodhar Pandita Shahabadi and [[Saadat Hasan Manto]] also had there roots in the town. Doru is also inhabited by heirs of Kashmiri poetry.

[[File:An inside view of the Tehsil Library.jpg|left|thumb|Tehsil Library, Dooru Shahabad]]
[[File:Tehsil Library, Dooru Shahbabad, an insider's view.jpg|right|thumb|Tehsil Library, Dooru Shahabad]]
The historian of [[Zayn al-Abidin the Great|Zain-ul-Aabideen]]'s court, Mullah Mohammad, who translated ''[[Rajatarangini]]'' from Sanskrit into Persian, was from Doru Shahabad.

=== Politics and activism ===
Doru was home to Ghulam Ahmad Itoo, a [[peasant]] reformer for Kashmiri peasants under the [[Dogra dynasty|Dogra]] rule. Itoo was a pioneer of the [[Land reform in India|Land Reform]] Movement which worked for the rights of Kashmiri peasants. He was jailed by the authorities. [[Syed Mir Qasim]], who served as Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister from 1971 to 1975, as well as social activist [[Abdul Ghani Malik (politician)|Abdul Gani Malik]].<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/2004/20041214/j&k.htm#5 | title=Mir Qasim's burial today | newspaper=The Tribune | location=India | date=13 December 2004 | accessdate=27 January 2024 }}</ref> [[Syed Hussain]] has been an M.L.A, M.L.C, chairman of the legislative council and executive member of several other as a member of the Rajya Sabha.

== Religion ==
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The Khankah Faiz Panah shrine was constructed by Mir Mohammad Hamadani, the son of Ameer-i-Kabeer Mir Syed Ali Hamadani. The other important shrines of the town include Ziyarat Shah Mohammad Azam Sahib, Syed Jaffer Madani, and Shah Asraar. Hindu tirths such as [[Luk Bawan]] (Lokapunya), Vitasta, and [[Goswanigund]] are located in Doru.

== Settlements ==
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The older muhallas (settlements) of the town are: Mohalla Shah Sahib, [[Mirmaidan]] (birthplace of [[Rasul Mir|Rasool Mir]]), Arabal, [[Sehpora]], Mirgund, Bragam, Khudhamam, [[Nadoora]], Ghaziabad (Nathipora) and [[Arampora]] (birthplace of [[Syed Mir Qasim]]).

New colonies like College Road and Iqbal Colony have developed more recently. The well-known spring and Mughal garden [[Verinag]] is located 4 kilometres from Doru Shahabad. The two other springs in the area, [[Shehilnag]] and [[Sumnag]], are known as "siblings" of [[Verinag]].

==References==
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==External links==
{{commons category|Dooru Shahabad}}
* [https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/10380138#map=10/33.5357/75.2289&layers=T Dooru tehsil], OpenStreetMap, retrieved 4 May 2022.
*[https://jammukashmirwatch.blogspot.com/2010_11_24_archive.html Senior Hurriyat Leader and Acting Chairman Jammu Kashmir Peoples League, Mukhtar Ahmad Waza today visited Dooru Shahabad], Kashmir Watch
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kk2u9hkn_lI Kashmiri Song (Brem Dith Wajnas Naway)], YouTube video of song from Doru Shahabad

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