Darzi

Tailoring (English translation of Darzi) is a profession which is done by the people of different religions and communities of the world for their livelihood or as business in modern times. Talking about the old times, the tailoring business can be seen among the communities. In the Indian tradition, it was customary to wrap it over the body rather than wearing it. Nowadays wrap clothes tradition is limited. Most of the people prefer to wear stitched clothes.

Roots of word Darzi: Word Darzi comes from the Persian languages and widely used by invaders came to India from the western countries. In Hindi Darzi pronounced as Darji (little difference). In English: Tailor

In Indian subcontinent, there is long history of caste (group of people with same profession which is not decided by birth, but by profession from the ancient era) division in the society. If we talk about the caste Darzi, they can be found in Hindus and Muslims. They are known as Idrisi in Muslim Community. Darji are a community of tailors, numbering around more than (as there is no caste census in India) 73,548,009 people in India. Darzi are largely a landless or less land 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 (prophet Hazrat Idris). The Idrisi community of Uttar Pradesh are those Turkic Muslim tribes of the 13th century who were settled in Delhi and different states of India. According to the data of National Commission of Backward Classes, Darji castes is enlisted as Other Backward Class (OBC) or Schedule caste (SC) but Idrisi is enlisted in Uttar Pradesh state caste list in India.