Ali Sher Khan Anchan

Ali Sher Khan (Balti: علی شیر خان اَنچن, Tibetan script: ཨལི་ཤེར་ཁན་ཨནཆན་།; 1580–1633), also known as Ali Senge Anchan, was the Maqpon king (Gyalfo) of Baltistan from 1595 to 1633. Considered greatest of the Balti rulers, Anchan expanded the frontiers of Balti kingdom from Ladakh and western Tibet in the east to Haramosh in Brushal in the west.

In his numerous campaigns Anchan conquered Ladakh, Purig, Gilgit, Brushal (Hunza-Nagir) and Chilas, reaching as far as Chitral. His name is recorded as Ali Mir in Ladakh Chronicles and Ali Rai by the Mughal court historians.