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{{Infobox Family|name=Bhutto family|crest=[[File:Mausoleum of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto and Benazir Bhutto.jpg|240px|none]]|caption=[[Bhutto family mausoleum]] at [[Garhi Khuda Baksh]]|region=[[Karachi]], [[Sindh]], [[Pakistan]]|origin=[[Larkana]], Sindh, Pakistan|members=[[Shah Nawaz Bhutto]] [[Zulfikar Ali Bhutto]] [[Nusrat Bhutto]] [[Benazir Bhutto]] [[Murtaza Bhutto]] [[Shahnawaz Bhutto]] [[Fatima Bhutto]] [[Bilawal Bhutto Zardari]] [[Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, Jr]]|connectedmembers=[[Zardari family]]|distinctions=[[Zamindar]]s, Political prominence|estate=[[Garhi Khuda Bakhsh]]}}
The '''Bhutto family''' ({{lang-sd|ڀُٽو}}) is a prominent [[political family]] and among the most powerful families of Pakistan, based in the province of [[Sindh]]. Bhuttos have played a prominent role in [[Pakistani politics]] and government. The family has held the leadership of the [[Pakistan People's Party]] (PPP), since its inception in 1967. The Bhuttos are based in [[Sindh province]]. The Bhuttos have been settled in the area for over three centuries.<ref>
{{cite book
|url= http://www.panhwar.com/Books_By_Sani/Bhutto%20a%20political%20biography.pdf
|first= Salmaan
|last= Taseer
|title= Bhutto: a political biography
|publisher= Vikas Pub. House
|location= New Delhi
|year= 1980 |page= 9
}}
</ref>

Two members of the family, [[Zulfikar Ali Bhutto|Zulfikar]] and [[Benazir Bhutto]], have been the [[Prime Minister of Pakistan|Prime Ministers of Pakistan]], whereas [[Asif Ali Zardari]], Benazir's widower served as the [[President of Pakistan]], from 2008 to 2013.

==History==
The Bhutto's along with [[Bhatti|Bhatti's]] and other subclans are said to be a branch of the [[Bhati]] [[Rajput|Rajputs]].<ref>{{Cite book|first=Tanuja|last=Kothiyal|title=Nomadic Narratives: A History of Mobility and Identity in the Great Indian|publisher=Cambridgr University Press|year=2016|isbn=9781107080317|pages=70|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=be-7CwAAQBAJ&pg=PA78|quote=the various Hindu Rajput Bhati sub-clans, like Saran, Moodna, Seora as well as Muslim groups like Bhatti, Bhutto...and the trading community of Bhatiya, all link their origins to the Bhatis}}</ref> They originally migrated to [[Sindh]] in the early 18th century from the neighboring region of [[Rajputana]] (now [[Rajasthan]] in India). 'Sehto' was the first member of the Bhutto family, who had to convert to Islam, during Mughal emperor [[Aurangzeb]]'s reign, to escape the reimposition of [[jizya]] over non-Muslims. Following the conversion he took the [[Khan (title)|title of ''Khan'']], becoming Sehto Khan.<ref>{{cite book|author=Stanley Wolpert|author-link=Stanley Wolpert|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=C-ltAAAAMAAJ&q=rajput|title= Zulfi Bhutto of Pakistan|year = 1993|isbn = 9780195076615}}</ref> In Sindh, Bhuttos under Sehto Khan first settled at [[Ratodero]], a few miles north of [[Larkana]].

[[Shah Nawaz Bhutto]], a direct descendant of Sheto Khan, came to prominence during the [[British Raj]] as a ''[[dewan]]'' of the [[Junagadh State|princely state of Junagadh]] in the Southwestern part of [[Gujarat]] in India. During the [[Partition of India]] in 1947, the Muslim [[Nawab of Junagarh]] wanted to accede [[Junagadh State|his state]] to the newly created Pakistan but faced a rebellion by the Hindu majority population of Junagadh. The [[Indian government]] thwarted the accession to Pakistan, and the Bhuttos had to flee to Sindh in modern-day Pakistan. Shah Nawaz Bhutto moved to [[Larkana District]] in Sindh, where his land-ownership made him one of the wealthiest and most influential person in Sindh.<ref name="bhutto.org">{{cite web|url=http://www.bhutto.org/sir-shahnawaz-bhutto.php|title=Bhutto|website=www.bhutto.org|access-date=2016-06-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150204081428/http://www.bhutto.org/sir-shahnawaz-bhutto.php|archive-date=2015-02-04|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Beginning the political dynasty, Shah Nawaz's third son [[Zulfikar Ali Bhutto]] (1928-1979) founded the [[Pakistan People's Party]] (PPP) in 1967 and served as the fourth [[President of Pakistan|President]] and later the ninth [[Prime Minister]]. He married an Iranian of Kurdish origin [[Nusrat Bhutto|Nusrat Ispahani]]. His daughter, [[Benazir Bhutto|Benazir]] (1953-2007), also served as Prime Minister, while his two sons, [[Shahnawaz Bhutto]] and Mir [[Murtaza Bhutto]] were assassinated. Shahnawaz's daughter, Sassi Bhutto and Murtaza's children, Fatima Bhutto and Zulfikar Ali Bhutto jr. are settled abroad along with their aunt Sanam Bhutto ( Zulfikar Bhutto's second daughter). After [[Benazir Bhutto assassination|Benazir's assassination]] on December 27th, 2007, her son [[Bilawal Bhutto Zardari]] became co-chairperson in 2007 along with her husband [[Asif Ali Zardari]].

The Bhutto family acquired in more than a billion dollars illegally over the decades.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=BM41UsQ9CsQ | title=How Pakistan's First Female Leader Allegedly Stole 1.5 Billion Dollars | the Big Steal - YouTube | website=[[YouTube]] }}</ref>

==Family tree==
{{Bhutto family}}

* Titles

[[File:Bhutto Family tree.jpg|thumb|Family tree of bhutto family]]
According to other authors, the family migrated from Sarsa to Hissar.<ref>Zulfikar Ali Bhutto: a memoir, Chakar Ali Junejo, National Commission on History and Culture, 1996, p. 7</ref>
* Founding father Doda Khan of Pir Bakhsh Bhutto
* Khuda Bakhsh Bhutto, Ameer Bakhsh Bhutto, Illahi Bux Bhutto (Honorary Magistrate Larkana District)
* Ghulam Murtaza Bhutto, Rasul Bakhsh Bhutto
* [[Sir Shah Nawaz Bhutto]] (Member Bombay Council)
* Sardar [[Wahid Baksh Bhutto]] (Member, Central Legislative Assembly and Bombay Council, Chief of tribe)
* Nawab Nabi Bakhsh Bhutto (Member, Central Legislative Assembly)
* Khan Bahadur Ahmad Khan Bhutto

==Photos==

<gallery mode="packed" heights="150px">

Zulfikar Ali Bhutto 1971.jpg|[[Zulfikar Ali Bhutto]]
File:Begum Nusrat Bhutto with her children.jpg|Begum Nusrat Bhutto with her children
Benazir Bhutto.jpg|[[Benazir Bhutto]]
Asif Ali Zardari - 2009.jpg|[[Asif Ali Zardari]] (husband of [[Benazir Bhutto|Benazir]])
Fatima bhutto.jpg|[[Fatima Bhutto]]
Bilawal Bhutto Zardari (May 2012) (cropped).JPG|[[Bilawal Bhutto]]
</gallery>

==See also==
* [[Zardari family]]
*[[Shia]] [[Islam]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==Further reading==
* http://blai.newsvine.com/_news/2007/12/30/1193585-shah-nawaz-the-legacy-of-the-bhuttos?groupId=84

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