Darzi

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Darzi/Darzaan/Tailor

Occupation Group = Profession Group Tailors Occurring in Tailoring..

| group = Darzi | native_name = Hindi | native_name_lang = HI | poptime = | popplace = • India • Pakistan | langs = • Hindi • Punjabi • khari boli | rels = • Hinduism • Islam | related = • Darzi Rajput • Kakustha • Shaikh • Ilabar / idrisi

Tailoring is a profession that is done by the people of different religions and communities of India for their livelihood. Talking about the old times, the tailoring business can be seen among the elite class people because in Indian elite society only There was a custom of stitched clothes, on the contrary, in the middle-class Indian tradition, it was customary to wrap it over the body rather than wearing it.The Darzi caste, sometimes pronounced Darji, are a community of Hindus and Muslims, both found in India and Pakistan. A small number are also found in the Terai region of Nepal. Darzi means tailor. They are also known as Kshatriya Darji in Hindus and Idrisi in Muslim Community. The Darzi or Darji are a community of tailors, numbering around more than 73548009 (more than that: as there is no caste census in India) people in India. Darzi is largely a landless or less land community whose main occupation is tailoring. The profession of tailoring is being done by both communities. In Hindu Community, Darzi is known as Hindu Darzi who have mainly Gotras of kshatriya Varna. In the Muslim community, Darzi caste is known as Idrisi (Hazrat Idris). The idrisi community of Uttar Pradesh is those Turkic Muslim tribes of the 13th century who were settled in Delhi and different states of India. Both castes are enlisted in central and state caste. lists for Other Backward Class(OBC) in India.

History and origin

The Darzi claim descent from Idris (Enoch), one of the biblical and Islamic prophets. According to their traditions, Idris was the first person to learn the art of sewing. The word Darzi literally means business of tailor in Hindustani. It is said to be derived from the Persian word darzan, which means to sew . This is also the commonly accepted derivation of the name of the non-related religion Druze. The Darzi communities are said to have settled in South Asia during the early period of the Sultanate of Delhi. They are also divided on a linguistic basis, with those of North India speaking various dialects of Urdu, while those of Punjab speaking Punjabi. The Punjabi Darzi is said to be converted from the Hindu Chhimba caste, and have several territorial divisions. These include the Sirhindi, Deswal, and Multani. The Punjabi Darzi (Chhimba Darzi) are almost entirely Sunni.

In India

Hindu Darzi

Hindu Darzi has various synonyms as well as legends about their community origins, the legends vary according to the Indian states in which they reside.

Darji Rajput: In the desert state of Rajasthan, the Darji claim their origin from the Rajput. Tracing their descent from their legendary Hero Shri Peepa Ji Maharaj later became saint during Bhakti Movement in India who were the Great Spiritual Scholar of Swami Ramanada. Swami Ramananda was a 14th century Vaishnava devotional Poet, saint who lived in the Gangetic basin of Northern India. As the time passed due to many reasons people from this community shifted from their originating place to their place of work/Job to the other cities and can be found all over India.

Other clans of Hindu Darzi living in the different parts and states in India include Kakusth, Damodar Vanshi, Tank, Juna Gujrati, (these are living in Gujrat, Punjab, Haryana, Delhi NCR, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh, Odisha and Karnataka). In Karnataka, the Darji community is known as Pisse, Wade, Kakade and Sanyasi. In Odisha: Maharana, Mahapatra, is also used as a surname.

Muslim Darzi

In Uttar Pradesh state of India, Muslim Darji is also called Khayyat and have recently begun affixing the title Idrishi, thereby tracing their origin to Hazrat Idrish. They believed that he was the real teacher from whom their forefathers learned the art of tailoring. The Idrishi Darzi claim descent from Idris (Enoch), one of the biblical and Islamic prophets.

According to their traditions, Idris had learned the art of sewing. The word Darzi literally means business of tailor in Hindustani. It is said to be derived from the Persian word darzan, which means to sew. This is also the commonly accepted derivation of the name of the non-related religion Druze.

The Idrishi Darzi is said to have settled in South Asia during the early period of the Sultanate of Delhi. They are also divided on a linguistic basis, with those of North India speaking various dialects of Urdu, while those of Punjab speaking Punjabi.

The Punjabi Darzi is said to be converted from the Hindu Chhimba caste, and have several territorial divisions. These include the Sirhindi, Deswal and Multani. The Punjabi Darzi (Chhimba Darzi) are almost entirely Sunni.

The Idrisi of Jharkhand have a common origin with those of Bihar, and intermarry. The community speaks the Angika dialect of Hindi. Most Idrisis are still engaged in tailoring, but many Idrisis, particularly in Jharkhand are now farmers. Their customs are similar to other Bihari Muslims.

In Pakistan

In Pakistan, the Darzi are two distinct communities, the Delhiwal Idrissis, who are found among the Muhajir ethnic group, and the Chhimba Darzi, who are ethnically Punjabi. The former are immigrants from Delhi and Uttar Pradesh in India. They are concentrated in the port city of Karachi. Like their North Indian kinsmen, many have now opened small shops and businesses, although many other members of the community work for other Idrissis. They remain divided by sectarian divisions, the Sunni Idrisi not marrying into Shia Idrisi families. The community claims itself to be of Shaikh status.

In Punjab, the Chhimba Darzi are immigrants from East Punjab. Many in rural areas of Punjab have taken to cultivation, while those in urban areas have opened up small businesses. The Chhimba Darzi claim to belong to the Muslim Rajput community. They are entirely Sunni, and many belong to the orthodox Deobandi sect.

See also

• Druze heterodox Muslim community of Syria, also derived their name from the word Darzi.