Bhai Dan Singh, a Brar Jatt of the village of Mahima Sarja in presentday Bathinda district of the Punjab. He and his son joined the contingent of Brars raised by Guru Gobind Singh after his escape from Chamkaur in December 1705. Dan Singh, by virtue of his devotion and daring, soon won the Guru's trust as well as the leadership of the Brar force. The anonymous author of the Malva Des Ratan di Sakhi Pothi states that he was appointed asupali or asvapa, (keeper of horses). It was at his suggestion that Guru Gobind Singh chose a high ground near the dhab (pool) of Khidrana (now known as Gurudwara Tibbi Sahib near Muktsar), to defend himself against the pursuing host of the faujdar (governor) of Sirhind Wazir Khan.