What is Gyal Khatun?
{{Infobox royalty | embed = | name = Gyal Khatun<br>{{nobold|{{lang|bft|རྒྱལ་ཁ་ཐུན།}}}} | title = Gyalmo, Silima, Tara | more = | type = | image = Leh Palace Morning View.jpg | image_size = | alt = | caption = Leh Palace, the royal residency of Gyal Khatun, built by her son Sengge Namgyal. | succession = | reign = | reign-type = | coronation = | cor-type = | predecessor = | pre-type = | successor = | suc-type = | birth_name = | birth_date = | birth_place = [[Skardu]], [[Makpon Kingdom]], [[Pakistan]] | death_date = | death_place = [[Nubra]], [[Ladakh]] | burial_place = | spouse = [[Jamyang Namgyal]] | spouse-type = Husband | issue = <!--list children in order of birth. Use {{plainlist}} or {{unbulleted list}} --> [[Sengge Namgyal]] | full name = | regnal name = | house = [[Maqpon dynasty|House of Maqpon]]<br>[[Namgyal dynasty of Ladakh|House of Namgyal]] (by marriage) | house-type = | father = [[Ali Senge Anchan]] | mother = Gul Khatun (Mindoq Gyalmo) | religion = [[Shia Islam]] }} '''Gyal Khatun''' ([[Balti language|Balti]]: རྒྱལ་ཁ་ཐུན།, [[Literal translation|lit]]: ''Royal Queen'') was a [[princess]] from the [[Makpon Empire|Makpon empire]] in northern [[Pakistan]]. She was the daughter of King [[Ali Sher Anchan|Gyalpo Ali Senge Anchen]], a very important person in [[Balti people|Balti]] history.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sFKeDwAAQBAJ&dq=Ali+Sher+Anchan&pg=PA158|title=From the Lion's Mouth|last=Campbell|first=Iain|date=2019-07-05|publisher=Bradt Travel Guides|isbn=978-1-78477-160-7|language=en}}</ref> Gyal Khatun married Jamyang Namgyal, who was the ruler of [[Ladakh]] in the [[17th century]], becoming the Great [[Queen|Mother Queen]] of [[Ladakh]]. In [[Balti language|Balti]] and [[Ladakhi]] songs, she is also called '''Silima Khatun''', meaning “''Un