Bhutto family
 Mausoleum of Bhutto at Garhi Khuda Baksh | |
| Ethnicity | Sindhi Arain[1][2] |
|---|---|
| Current region | Larkana, Sindh, Pakistan |
| Place of origin | Jaisalmer, British Raj |
| Members |
Shah Nawaz Bhutto Zulfikar Ali Bhutto Nusrat Bhutto Benazir Bhutto Murtaza Bhutto Shahnawaz Bhutto Fatima Bhutto Bilawal Bhutto |
| Connected members | Zardari family |
| Distinctions | Political prominence |
| Estate |
Bilawal House I Garhi Khuda Bakhsh |
The Bhutto family (Sindhi: ڀُٽو) has played a prominent role in Pakistani politics and government. An ethnically Sindhi Arain clan[2][1] based in Sindh province, the Bhuttos have been settled in the area for over two centuries, having migrated to Sindh from Jaisalmer (in present-day Rajasthan, India) under Setho Khan Bhutto in the seventeenth century.[3] Shah Nawaz Bhutto, a direct descendant, came to prominence during the British Raj as a dewan of the princely state of Junagadh (in south-western Gujarat). During the Partition of India of 1947 the Indian Army thwarted Junagadh's accession to Pakistan, and the Bhuttos fled to Sindh.
Beginning the political dynasty, Shah Nawaz's third son Zulfikar Ali Bhutto (1928-1979) founded the Pakistan People's Party (PPP) in 1967 and would serve as President and Prime Minister. His daughter, Benazir (1953-2007), also served as Prime Minister, while Benazir's husband, Asif Ali Zardari, later served as president (in office: 2008-2013). The Bhuttos continue to dominate the leadership of the PPP: Benazir's son Bilawal Bhutto Zardari became co-chairperson in 2007.
The family has experienced many premature deaths, drawing comparisons to the Kennedy curse: Zulfikar was convicted and executed in 1979; Shahnawaz died in mysterious circumstances in France in 1983; Murtaza was killed in a police encounter during his sister's government in 1996; and Benazir died following an assassination in 2007.
Family tree
| Ghulam Murtaza Bhutto (1862 – 1940) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Shah Nawaz Bhutto (1888 – 1957) | Khursheed Begum (Lakhi Bai) | Nabi Bux Khan Bhutto (1887 – 1965) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mumtaz Begum Sahiba Bhutto | Muhammad Mustafa Khan Bahadur | Zulfikar Ali Bhutto (1928 – 1979) | Nusrat Ispahani Bhutto (1929 – 2011) | Imdad Ali Bhutto | Sikander Ali Bhutto | Mashoq Bhutto | Mumtaz Ali Khan Bhutto (1933- ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Shahnawaz Bhutto (1958 – 1985) | Rehana Fasihudin Bhutto | Sanam Bhutto (1957- ) | Nasir Hussain | Fauzia Fasihudin Bhutto | Murtaza Bhutto (1954 – 1996) | Ghinwa Itaoui Bhutto | Benazir Bhutto (1953 – 2007) | Asif Ali Zardari (1955- ) | Ameer Bux Bhutto (1954-) | Ali Haider Bhutto | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sassi Bhutto | Shahmir Hussain | Azadi Hussain | Fatima Bhutto (1982- ) | Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto Jr. | Bilawal Zardari (1988- ) | Bakhtawar Zardari (1990-) | Asifa Zardari | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Titles
According to other authors, the family migrated from Sarsa in 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
See also
References
- 1 2 Wolpert, Stanly A (1993). Zulfi Bhuto of Pakistan:His life and Times. Oxford University Press. p. 4. ISBN 0-19-507661-3. Retrieved 2010-06-23.
- 1 2 "Zulfikar Ali Bhutto". Encyclopædia Britannica.
- ↑ Taseer, Salmaan (1980). Bhutto: a political biography (PDF). New Delhi: Vikas Pub. House. p. 9.
- ↑ Zulfikar Ali Bhutto: a memoir, Chakar Ali Junejo, National Commission on History and Culture, 1996, p. 7
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