Regions with significant populations | |
---|---|
Pakistan, India | |
Languages | |
• Urdu • Punjabi | |
Religion | |
Islam 100% | |
Related ethnic groups | |
• Darzi • Punjabi 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][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
- ^ Report of the Backward Classes Commission. Government of India. 1983. p. 48.
- ^ South Asian Language Review, Volumes 3-4. Creative Publishers. 1993. p. 67.
dArzi:(means 'tailor' in Hindi-Urdu) Darzi
- ^ The Migration Process: Capital, Gifts and Offerings among British Pakistanis by Pnina Werbner Berg publications