Idrisi Darzi Explained

Group:Chhimba Darzi
Popplace:Pakistan, India
Langs:UrduPunjabi
Rels:Islam 100%
Related:DarziPunjabi Shaikh

The Idrisi Darzi are a Muslim community, found in the Punjab region of Pakistan and India.[1] Darzi means tailor in Urdu and Hindi.[2] They also have a diaspora in Europe. They now work in a range of occupations but their ancestors' usual work was with clothing and hand-printed textiles.

A significant number of Idrisi Darzi are now found in the city of Manchester in the United Kingdom.[3] In a 2023 survey of Bihar, the Idrisi caste was the seventh most populous Muslim caste, at about 350,000 out of 23 million Muslims (1.6%).

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Report of the Backward Classes Commission . 1983 . . 48 . English.
  2. Book: South Asian Language Review, Volumes 3-4 . 1993 . Creative Publishers . 67 . English . dArzi:(means 'tailor' in Hindi-Urdu) Darzi.
  3. The Migration Process: Capital, Gifts and Offerings among British Pakistanis by Pnina Werbner Berg publications