Bhutto (clan)

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Bhutto
ڀُٽو
Regions with significant populations
Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan
Languages
Sindhi language
Religion
Star and Crescent.svg Islam
Related ethnic groups
Sindhi

Bhutto (Sindhi : ڀُٽو) is a Sindhi Rajput clan [1] [2] in Sindh, Pakistan. [3] The Bhuttos along with Bhattis and other subclans are said to linked to the Bhati Rajputs. [4] The politically influential Bhutto family of Pakistan hails from this clan.

References

  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. Copley, Gregory R. (1989). Defense & Foreign Affairs. Copley & Associates. p. 48.
  4. 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