| 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. Darzi means tailor in Urdu and Hindi. 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. 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%).
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