In Azad Kashmir, they are primarily found in Muzaffarabad and Neelum districts, with a large number concentrated in and around the town of Ghori.
Outside of Azad Kashmir, they are also found in the Boi and Kaghan valleys of Mansehra District, and the city of Abbottabad, all located in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
In the past Bombas ruled the Jhelum Valley and had a close alliance and kinship with the Khakha Rajputs who inhabited the same area.
The success of this alliance earned them a warlike and refractory reputation, as they jointly fought the early Mughal rule of Akbar and later resisted the Sikhs.
[citation needed] Sultan Muzaffar Khan Bomba established the city of Muzaffarabad in present-day Azad Kashmir.