Bhutto family

According to historian Stanley Wolpert, the Bhuttos were Rajput who originally migrated to Sindh in the early 18th century from the neighboring region of Gujratra (now Rajasthan in India). 'Sehto' was the first member of the Bhutto family, who converted to Islam, during Mughal emperor Aurangzeb's reign, to enjoy the jizya exemptions enjoyed by Muslims. Following the conversion to Islam he took the title of Khan, becoming Sehto Khan.[2] In Sindh, the Bhuttos under Sehto Khan first settled at Ratodero, a few miles north of Larkana.

Shah Nawaz Bhutto, a direct descendant of Sehto Khan, came to prominence during the British Raj as a dewan of the 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 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 persons in Sindh.[3]

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 and later the ninth Prime Minister. He married an Iranian of Kurdish origin named Nusrat Ispahani. His daughter, 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's assassination on December 27, 2007, her son Bilawal Bhutto Zardari became co-chairperson in 2007 along with her widower Asif Ali Zardari.

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Family tree of Bhutto family

According to other authors, the family migrated from Sarsa to Hissar.[4]

• 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

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  Zulfikar Ali Bhutto
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  Benazir Bhutto
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  Fatima Bhutto
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  Bilawal Bhutto Zardari
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  Aseefa Bhutto Zardari
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  Bakhtawar Bhutto Zardari

• Zardari family
• Shia Islam

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