Bhutto family

The Bhutto family is Pakistani family who are prominent in Pakistani politics and government. An ethnically Sindhi Rajput clan based in Sindh province, the Bhuttos have been settled in the area for over two centuries, having migrated to Sindh from Jaisalmer in India under Setho Khan Bhutto in the seventeenth century. Shah Nawaz Bhutto, a direct descendant, came to prominence during the British Raj as a dewan of the princely state of Junagadh. During the Partition of India, Shah Nawaz's accession to Pakistan was thwarted by the Indian Army, and the Bhuttos fled to Sindh.