Bhutto family

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Bhutto family
Garhi Khuda Baksh
Current regionKarachi, Sindh, Pakistan
Place of originLarkana, Sindh, Pakistan
MembersShah Nawaz Bhutto
Zulfikar Ali Bhutto
Nusrat Bhutto
Benazir Bhutto
Murtaza Bhutto
Shahnawaz Bhutto
Fatima Bhutto
Zulfikar Ali Bhutto Jr
Bilawal Bhutto Zardari
Connected membersZardari family
Estate(s)Garhi Khuda Bakhsh

The Bhutto family

Pakistani politics and government. The family has held the leadership of the Pakistan People's Party (PPP), since its inception in 1967. The Bhuttos have been settled in Sindh for over three centuries.[1]

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

History

Accoring to James P. Sterba of

Rajput warriors from the region now known as Rajasthan, India.[2] The family converted to Islam centuries ago and migrated southwest to the area near Larkana, in present-day Pakistan, along with their livestock.[2] Mitho Khan Bhutto, an ancestor of the family, was the first to settle in the region.[2] However, it was his descendant, Sardar Pirbuksh Bhutto, who expanded the family's landholdings.[2] As a tribal chief, Sardar Pirbuksh Bhutto accumulated around 40,000 acres of land through various means, including military conquests, land purchases, and by providing labor for British canal construction projects in return for land grants.[2]

According to another account by historian Stanley Wolpert, the Bhuttos 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. Following the conversion to Islam he took the title of Khan, becoming Sehto Khan.[3] In Sindh, the Bhuttos under Sehto Khan first settled at Ratodero, a few miles north of Larkana.

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.[4]

Beginning the political dynasty, Shah Nawaz's third son

Benazir's assassination on December 27, 2007, her son Bilawal Bhutto Zardari became co-chairperson in 2007 along with her widower Asif Ali Zardari
.

Family tree

Mohammad Khan
Fatah Mohammad Khan
Mittho Khan
Mohammad Qasim Khan
Abro Khan
Sahato Khan
Pir Bux Khan
Doda Khan
Khuda Bux Bhutto
Ghulam Murtaza Bhutto

(1862 – 1940)
Shah Nawaz Bhutto
(1888 – 1957)		Khursheed Begum
(Lakhi Bai)		Nabi Bux Khan Bhutto
(1887 – 1965)
Mumtaz Begum Sahiba BhuttoMuhammad Mustafa Khan BahadurZulfikar Ali Bhutto
(1928 – 1979)		Nusrat Ispahani Bhutto
(1929 – 2011)		Imdad Ali BhuttoSikander Ali BhuttoMashoq BhuttoMumtaz Ali Khan Bhutto
(1933 – 2021)
Ameer Bux Bhutto

(1954-)		Ali Haider Bhutto
Sassi BhuttoShahmir HussainAzadi HussainFatima Bhutto
(1982- )		Zulfikar Ali Bhutto JrBilawal Bhutto
(1988- )		Bakhtawar Bhutto
(1990-)		Aseefa Bhutto


  not direct relatives (only related by marriage)


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Family tree of Bhutto family

According to other authors, the family migrated from Sarsa to Hissar.[5]

  • 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

See also

Notes

  1. romanized
    : Bhuṭo khāndān

References

  1. ^ 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 19 August 2015.
  2. ^ a b c d e Sterba, James P. (25 June 1972). "Bhutto Picks Up The Pieces of Pakistan". The New York Times.
  3. ISBN 9780195076615
    .
  4. ^ "Bhutto". www.bhutto.org. Archived from the original on 4 February 2015. Retrieved 6 June 2016.
  5. ^ Zulfikar Ali Bhutto: a memoir, Chakar Ali Junejo, National Commission on History and Culture, 1996, p. 7

Further reading

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