Maan or Mann ਮਾਨ are a clan and tribe of the Jat people found in Rajasthan, Haryana, Punjab and Uttar Pradesh in India.
Origin and history
Maan Jatts claim Suryavanshi descent. Maan are one of the three asl (pure) Jatt gotras, the other two being Bhullar and Hayer (Heir). Maans are related to the Bhullar. Maan and Bhullar two brothers named their Jat Clans. The Jatts a people (IAST: Jāṭ, Hindi: जाट, Punjabi: ਜੱਟ جاٹ, Urdu: جاٹ) of Northern India and Pakistan, are a ethnic group descendants of Indo-Scythian tribes. There are 31 million Jatts in South Asia. The original home of the Jats was in Central Asia near the country we now call Kazakstan. During the early part of the Christian era, most of the Jats were uprooted by the Mongol people from their homeland in Central Asia, after ruling there for over one thousand years. In turn Jats split into 2 groups one invaded India to the South and other invaded the Roman Empire in the West. Thus, they established themselves as the Alans in France, Spain, Portugal and so on, in the fifth century A.D. The Jat people ethnic group which live in Northern India and Pakistan regions, have many different types of religions, professions and languages. They have a distinct cultural history that can be historically traced back to ancient times. Some have moved to Western countries for business and commercial reasons. There some have become prominent sections of the immigrant peoples in the West. The Jats were designated in a British report as a Martial Race. 'Martial Race' was a designation created by officials of British India to describe "races" (peoples) that were thought to possess qualities such as courage, loyalty, self sufficiency, physical strength, resilience, orderliness, hard working, fighting tenacity and military tactics. The British recruited heavily from these so-called 'Martial Races' for service in the colonial army Another finding: The Mann tribe of Jat is quite interesting. This is a Shiv-gotra or according to Hindus are descended from Shiva’s hair? We all know this is not the case. Mann Jats are found throughout Punjab and we all know of the English and German Manns. Moreover, the Mann last name is quite frequent in the modern Ukraine! Thus this may also be the case of Gills that the Manns may well be part of Late Massagetae or Alans! These people were also known as Saka Triguada or Pointed hat Scythians! Or even part of Goths, a partly Scythic partly Germanic (Teutonic) people.
Mann/Maan (Jats)is a common last name in Germany and are considered Ariens. According to one theory, about one thousand five hundred years ago, a group of these people came from Ghazni and settled at place called Balavansa near Delhi. The Maan clan descended from Maas Singh. His son, Bijal Singh came to the village of Dhosi and settled there. Dhosi is surrounded by hills and situated near Narnaul in Haryana. Prior to the arrival of the Maans, the Jats of the Gandas gotra were the rulers of Dhosi. Roopram Singh became the chieftain of the clan twenty generations after Bijal Singh. At this time, the Shekhawats had occupied the region. Roopram Singh refused to accept their suzerainity and struggled for about ten to twelve years during the mid nineteenth century against the Shekhawats of Khetri.
Some Jats of the Mann gotras write Maan and some write Mann. Now a days there are many singers in Punjab with last name of Mann like Babu Mann, Harbhan Mann and Gurdas Mann. Maan's/Mann's beloged to the Majha belt of Punjab and mostly around Amritsar. "Maana Wala" along with neighbouring villages like "Mohawa" are the main villages of Mann's/Maan's in District Amritsar.
Many Mann Jatt families are also based in parts of Haryana and western Uttar Pradesh (mainly Muzaffarnagar, Meerut and Saharanpur districts). Most of these families are engaged in farming and are one of the most affluent families in the region.
Maan Jatts also Known as Mann, are offspring of a "warrior race". They are also mentioned in Sikh history as great warriors.They were the best warriors around that time.
Most Maan Jatts are Sikhs.
