Ali Sher Khan Anchan

Ali Sher Khan (Balti: ཨལི་ཤེར་ཁན་ཨནཆན་།; 1580–1633), better known by his title Anchan ("the Great"), was the Maqpon king of Baltistan from 1595 to 1633. Considered greatest of the Balti rulers, Anchan unified Baltistan and expanded the frontiers of Balti kingdom to Ladakh and western Tibet in the east, and to Haramosh in Brushal in the west.

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