Darzi
Muslim community, found in North India and Pakistan / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Tailoring is the English translation of Darzi. In India, The art and culture of stitched clothes came to India from West Asia. In India, there was a practice of wrapping clothes instead of stitched clothes, an example of which you can see in ancient Indian paintings, in which kings, maharajas and women all used wrapped clothes. In the Indian tradition, it was customary to wrap clothing over the body rather than wear stitched cloth. The word Darzi comes from the west Asia Persian language.[1] In Hindi Darzi is pronounced Darji.
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• India • Pakistan (Indian subcontinent) | |
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• Hindi • Gujrati • Urdu • Punjabi | |
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• Hinduism • Islam | |
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• Indians • Shaikh |
In the Indian subcontinent the Darzi caste, is found among Hindus and Muslims. They are known as Idrisi[2] in the Muslim community. The Idrisi community of Uttar pradesh are those Muslim Turkic tribes settled in 13th centuri in Delhi and Northern India. Darji are a community of tailors, numbering around Darzi are largely a landless community whose main occupation is tailoring. The profession of tailoring is being done by both communities. In the Muslim community, the Darzi caste is known as Idrisi. According to the data of National Commission of Backward Classes, Darji castes are listed as Other Backward Class (OBC).[citation needed]