Bhutta

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Bhutta and its variant Bhutto (Urdu: بھٹہ ) is a Sindhi tribe in Sindh and Punjab provinces of Pakistan.

The Bhutta are descended from a branch of the Solar Rajputs .

"The Bhutta are said by the late Mr E O Brien to have traditions connectinh them with Hindustan ., and they claim to have descended from Solar Rajputs . But since the rise to oppulance and importance of Pirzada Murad Baksh Bhutta of Multan , many of them have taken to calling themselves Pirzadas" ..[1]

According to the Bahawalpur tradition th Bhutta are the same stock as the Bhatia . When Dewa Rawal , sister s son of Raja Jajja Bhutta was building the fort now called Derawar Jajja in a fit of Jelously stopped its construction ;whereupon his sister who was married to a Bhatia Rajput thus addressed him :-

Rai Jajja Bhutta sen wain ki bhain puchhae ,
Kaya Bhutta kaya Bhatia kot usaran de ".[2]

"A branch of this clan at Khairpur near Multan is in the transition stage towards becoming Sayyid ".[3]

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Punjabi Muslim tribes from Hindu Lineage