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A '''Gorjiduz''' ({{langx|fa|گورجیدوز}}) was a leather craftsman who practised the profession known as ''gorjiduzi''; creating leather [[Georgians|Georgian]]-style shoes. The ''gorjiduz'' were commonly found in cities and towns in 19th century [[Qajar Iran]], and formed their own associations (i.e. [[Guild|guilds]]).{{sfn|Floor|2009a|page=171}}
Formerly, the ''gorjiduz'' also made Georgian shoes for males; these male versions were commonly worn in Iran, but fell into disuse in the course of the 19th century.{{sfn|Floor|2009a|page=171}}{{sfn|Floor|1999|page=266}} Thus, the ''gorjiduz'' had become synonym with being a crafter of female Georgian shoes.{{sfn|Floor|2009a|page=171}}{{sfn|Floor|2003|page=7}}{{sfn|Floor|2009b|page=5}}
In his assessment of the 1853 building survey of the [[Grand Bazaar, Tehran|Grand Bazaar]] of [[Tehran]], Nobuaki Kondo notes that it hosted many of Tehran's ''gorjiduzi'' shops.{{sfn|Kondo|2017|page=131}}
In his ''Geography of Isfahan'', Mirza Hosayn (son of Ebrāhīm Khan Taḥwīldār) noted that in the 1890s the business of numerous specialized leather craftsmen in [[Isfahan]], including that of the ''gorjiduz'', had declined.{{sfn|Floor|1990|pages=820-822}}
==References==
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==Sources==
* {{cite encyclopedia | title = ČARM | last = Floor | first = Willem M. | url = http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/carm-av | editor-last = | editor-first =  | editor-link = | encyclopedia  = Encyclopaedia Iranica, Vol. IV, Fasc. 7 | pages = 820–822 | location = | publisher = | year = 1990 | isbn = }}
* {{cite book|last1=Floor|first1=Willem|title=The Persian textile industry in historical perspective, 1500-1925|date=1999|publisher=Harmattan|isbn=978-2738483805}}
* {{cite book|last1=Floor|first1=Willem|title=Traditional Crafts in Qajar Iran (1800-1925)|date=2003|publisher=Mazda Publishers|isbn=978-1568591476}}
* {{cite book|last1=Floor|first1=Willem|title=Guilds, Merchants, and Ulama in Nineteenth-century Iran|date=2009a|publisher=Mage Publishers|isbn=978-1933823317}}
* {{cite book|last1=Floor|first1=Willem|title=Labor and Industry in Iran, 1850-1941|date=2009b|publisher=Mage Publishers|isbn=978-1933823287}}
* {{cite book|last1=Kondo|first1=Nobuaki|title=Islamic Law and Society in Iran: A Social History of Qajar Tehran|date=2017|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1351783194}}
[[Category:Georgia (country)–Iran relations]]
[[Category:Iranian clothing]]
[[Category:Shoemakers]]
[[Category:Leatherworkers]]
[[Category:19th century in Iran]]