Idrisi Darzi

Last updated
Chhimba Darzi
Regions with significant populations
Pakistan, India
Languages
• Urdu • Punjabi
Religion
Islam 100%
Related ethnic groups
• Darzi • Punjabi Shaikh

The IdrisiDarzi are a Muslim community, found in the Punjab region of Pakistan and India. [1] Darzi means tailor in Urdu and Hindi. [2] They have a diaspora in Europe and now work in a range of occupations,their ancestral work was with clothing and hand-printed textiles. In the Indian subcontinent,the people of Idrisi originally come as soldiers from Turkmenistan region of central Asia during the sultanate period.They belonged different clans or tribes of their respective areas.

A significant number of Idrisi Darzi are now found in the city of Manchester in the United Kingdom. [3] [ page needed ] 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%).[ citation needed ]

See also

References

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