Behbudi or Behboodi also known as Pabuto in Pukhto is a village in the Chachh region of Attock District

Attock District

Attock District is a district in the north-west Punjab Province of Pakistan.The district was created in April 1904 by the merger of Talagang Tehsil in the Jhelum District with the Pindigheb, Fatehjang and Attock tehsils from Rawalpindi District of the Punjab province of British India.Attock...

, Northern Punjab

Punjab (Pakistan)

Punjab is the most populous province of Pakistan, with approximately 45% of the country's total population. Forming most of the Punjab region, the province is bordered by Kashmir to the north-east, the Indian states of Punjab and Rajasthan to the east, the Pakistani province of Sindh to the...

, Pakistan

Pakistan

Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...

. It is located close to the borders of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa.

The people who live here are Pakhtun also known as ethnic Afghans; all speak Pukhto/Pashto and follow the Pashtunwali

Pashtunwali

Pashtunwali or Pakhtunwali is a non-written ethical code and traditional lifestyle which the indigenous Pashtun people from Afghanistan and Pakistan follow. Some in the Indian subcontinent refer to it as "Pathanwali". Its meaning may also be interpreted as "the way of the Pashtuns" or "the code of...

 code of conduct. The Ismail Khel

Ismail Khel

Ismail Khel also rendered as Ismael Khel, Ismaeel Khel and Ishmael Khel is a Pakhtun tribe in Pakistan and Afghanistan. Ismail Khel is settled and resides in area such Behboodi; a village in the North West of Pakistan; Province Punjab; District Attock; area Chhachh, and Khost Province of...

, Tarakhel Khel, Sadat Khel, Hisab (Yusuf) Khel and Babarkarzai clans of the Pashtun tribes

Pashtun tribes

The Pashtun people are the largest ethnic group in Afghanistan and the second largest in Pakistan. Pashtun, tribes are divided into four supertribal confederacies: the Arbanee , Betanee , Gharghasht, and Karlanee .Traditionally, according to folklore, all Pashtuns are said to have descended, at...

 reside in Behboodi. The Village was founded by four brothers who came from Afghanistan. The Pashtuns of Behboodi speak with the northern "kh" dialect of Pashto and belong to the Sarban branch of the Pashtun tribes

Pashtun tribes

The Pashtun people are the largest ethnic group in Afghanistan and the second largest in Pakistan. Pashtun, tribes are divided into four supertribal confederacies: the Arbanee , Betanee , Gharghasht, and Karlanee .Traditionally, according to folklore, all Pashtuns are said to have descended, at...

.

The city of Hazro

Hazro, Punjab

Hazro is a town located at north-west of Pakistan in Attock District of the Punjab province Pakistan. It is located approximately half-way between Peshawar and Islamabad, the federal capital...

 lies about 3.8 km away, nearby villages are Malak Mala

Malak Mala

Malak Mala is a village in the Chachh region of Attock District in Northern Punjab of Pakistan. It lies close to the borders of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. Its neighboring villages include Barazai, Behbudi, Shinka, Nartopa and Ghorghushti town....

, Nartopa

Nartopa

Nartopa or Nartupa is a village in Hazro Tehsil, Attock District in Punjab province, Pakistan. Nartopa is situated in the middle of the Chhachh area of Attock District and is the third largest village of the area, located to the west of Hazro...

, Shinka

Shinka

Shinka is a small village near Jalalia village in Hazro Tehsil, Attock District, Punjab province of Pakistan. Nearby are Behbudi, Ghorghushti town, Malak Mala and Nartopa. Main tribes are Showkhel, Khankhel, Karamkhel, Ajakhel, Babukhel, Akakhel and Torakhel etc....

. These villages have Pathans also living in them and speak languages such as Hindko.

Behbudi in Fiction

Behbudi forms part of the setting of a novel Chain of Being by Shafqat Khan, published by Dewi Lewis Publishing, Stockport, UK. Although the novel cuts across times and space, Behbudi's name and description in the book points to the fact that the writer perhaps belongs to this village.
They follow a strict set of rules.

Behbudi People (Behboodians)

Behboodi has produced renowned religious scholars, political leaders, businesspersons, pehlawans and students.