Bhutto (clan)

For the famous Pakistani political family, see Bhutto family. For the former Pakistani Prime Ministers, see Zulfikar Ali Bhutto and Benazir Bhutto. For other uses, see Bhutta (disambiguation).
Bhutto
ڀُٽو‎
Regions with significant populations
 Pakistan
Languages
Sindhi language
Religion
Islam
Related ethnic groups
Sindhi

Bhutto (Sindhi: ڀُٽو‎) is a Sindhi clan[1][2] found in Sindh, Pakistan. The Bhuttos along with Bhattis and other subclans are said to be a branch of the Bhati Rajputs.[3] They have been settled in Sindh for over two centuries, having migrated to the area from Jaisalmer in Rajasthan, India under Setho Khan Bhatti (Bhutto in Sindhi) in the seventeenth century.[4] According to other authors, the family migrated to Sindh (mostly in Larkana and Sehwan) from Sarsa in Hissar.[5] The politically influential Bhutto family of Pakistan hails from this clan.

  1. ^ "Zulfikar Ali Bhutto". Encyclopædia Britannica.
  2. ^ Wolpert, Stanley A (1993). Zulfi Bhuto of Pakistan:His life and Times. Oxford University Press. p. 4. ISBN 0-19-507661-3. Retrieved 23 June 2010.
  3. ^ Kothiyal, Tanuja (2016). Nomadic Narratives: A History of Mobility and Identity in the Great Indian. Cambridgr University Press. p. 70. ISBN 9781107080317. 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
  4. ^ Taseer, Salmaan (1980). Bhutto: a political biography (PDF). New Delhi: Vikas Pub. House. p. 9. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 April 2020. Retrieved 25 February 2014.
  5. ^ Zulfikar Ali Bhutto: a memoir, Chakar Ali Junejo, National Commission on History and Culture, 1996, p. 7