The Mann Sardars, handsome, gallant and true; the Majithias, wise and timid.
"[2] Hari Ram Gupta accounts that in mid-eightheenth century, in order to establish and strengthen the Sukerchakia Misl, Ranjit Singh's grandfather Charat Singh made four major matrimonial alliances, one of which was made with the Mann Sardars of Mughalchak.
[11] Lepel H. Griffin records that the Mann Sardars were very powerful and continued to hold great prestige and fame even after the rise of Maharaja Ranjit Singh, and "at one point there were no fewer than twenty-two members of it holding key military appointments of great trust and honour".
General S. Rattan Singh Mann and Sardar Kahn Singh Mann led their own brigades of artillery, infantry and cavalry during the battles of Sobraon, Ferozeshah, Mudki, and Aliwal.
[16] Denzil Ibbetson notes that "the ‘mirasis’ or bards of the Mán Sardars of Mughalchak-Mananwala state that the whole of the Mán, Bhular and half the Her tribe of Rajputs were the earliest kshatriya immigrants from Rajputana to the Punjab.