According to James P. Sterba of The New York Times, Bhutto family traces its origins to Rajput warriors from the region now known as Rajasthan, India.

[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).

Shah Nawaz Bhutto, a direct descendant of Sehto Khan, came to prominence during the British Raj as a dewan of the princely state of Junagadh in the southwestern part of Gujarat in India.

During the Partition of India in 1947, the Muslim Nawab of Junagarh wanted to accede his state to the newly created Pakistan but faced a rebellion by the Hindu majority population of Junagadh.

[4] Beginning the political dynasty, Shah Nawaz's third son Zulfikar Ali Bhutto (1928-1979) founded the Pakistan People's Party (PPP) in 1967 and served as the fourth President and later the ninth Prime Minister.