Alif Khan was an officer in the Mughal army of Aurangzeb. He is mentioned in Guru Gobind Singh's, Bachitra Natak. In 1691, he was dispatched by Mian Khan, the viceroy of Jammu, to Kangra to collect arrears of tribute from the Hindu hill chiefs. Raja Kirpal Chand Katoch of Kangra and Raja Dyal of Bijharval submitted their arrears of tribute to Alif Khan, but the most powerful hill chief Raja Bhim Chand of Kahlur refused.