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Rh Kapúr Singh was perhaps the most renowned of the Sikh barons. He was known as Nawáb, one of the few instances of a Sikh taking a distinctively Muhammadan title. He seized the village and district of Faizullapúr near Amritsar from Faizullá Khán, and gave it the name of Singhpúra, whence the title of the misl, though it is as often known as Faizullapúra. This chief died in 1753, and Jassa Singh Ahluwalia succeeded to the greater part of his influence, though his nephew Khushhál Singh and his descendants kept possession of the territory. This confederacy held portions of Ludhiána, Núrpur, Jálandhar, and the northwestern portion of the Ambala district.

The Krora Singhias, who took their name from Sirdár Krora Singh, had possessions chiefly between the Jumna and Makanda rivers. The powerful family of Kalsia was the principal member of the misl, and is still a ruling house in the Cis-Sutlej: also Sirdár Baghel Singh of Chiloundi, whose family is now extinct.

The Nishanias, who took their name from the Nishán or banner of the Khálsa, were never of much consequence. Sirdár Jai Singh, the most important of the confederacy, obtained his estates after the conquest of Sirhind in 1763. Members of the misl held Ambála, Liddrán, Sháhábád, Amloh, and other districts.

The Sukarchakias are famous not from the amount of their original possessions but from the fact that Ranjít Singh was their last representative, and their history will be included in that of the Mahárájá.