[2] It is strictly related to the mancala games Iraqi Halusa, Palestinian Al-manqala, and Baltic German Bohnenspiel.

There is also another game referred as Mangala played by the Bedouin in Egypt, and Sudan, but it has quite different rules.

[citation needed] The game can be traced in Ottoman miniatures starting from the 16th century.

[6] The classic mangala game is still known in Turkey, but mangala played in Gaziantep, in Southern Anatolia, is more similar to Syrian mancala La'b Madjnuni (Crazy Game).

[citation needed] There are many other mancala variants played in Anatolia: Pıç in Erzurum, Altıev in Safranbolu, Meneli Taş in Ilgın, etc.