Darzi

In the Indian subcontinent the Darzi caste, is found among Hindus and Muslims. They are known as Idrisi in the Muslim community.The people of idrisi originally came as soldiers from the Khorasan, Turkmenistan regions of Central Asia during the Sultanate period. They belonged to different clans or tribes of their respective areas. But later, due to their involvement in different professions, they were socially given professional names and they started being identified by their professions or occupations instead of their origin. The main reason for this is the Indian caste system which is based on professions and occupations, which also affected these Muslims.

Apart from Idrisi, these groups are also identified with many other occupational groups who add their occupation to their surnames instead of their origin, which you can see in the Muslims of North India and Gujarat, who are originally from Central Asia but their occupation is their surname.

These groups of Muslims involved in business or profession adopted different professions due to the deterioration of economic conditions, and over time they started being identified by their profession. In many areas of North India, they are also known as Turk Darzi or Turk Jamaat.

Darji are a Business community, numbering around Darzi are largely a landless community whose main occupation is tailoring. The profession of tailoring is 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, Darzi castes are listed as Other Backward Class (OBC)

Tailoring is the English translation of Darzi. In the Indian tradition, it was customary to wrap clothing over the body rather than wear stitched clothes. Used in Hindi and Urdu, the word Darzi comes from the Persian language.