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Idrisi Darzi

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Chhimba Darzi
Regions with significant populations
Pakistan, India
Languages
UrduPunjabi
Religion
Islam 100%
Related ethnic groups
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][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]

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References

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  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