Ayşe Hubbi Hatun ( ota, حبی خاتون; "''the living one''" or "''womanly''" and "''the ammirated one''"; died 1590) was a
lady-in-waiting
A lady-in-waiting or court lady is a female personal assistant at a court, attending on a royal woman or a high-ranking noblewoman. Historically, in Europe, a lady-in-waiting was often a noblewoman but of lower rank than the woman to whom sh ...
to Sultan
Selim II
Selim II ( Ottoman Turkish: سليم ثانى ''Selīm-i sānī'', tr, II. Selim; 28 May 1524 – 15 December 1574), also known as Selim the Blond ( tr, Sarı Selim) or Selim the Drunk ( tr, Sarhoş Selim), was the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire ...
and later to his son Sultan
Murad III
Murad III ( ota, مراد ثالث, Murād-i sālis; tr, III. Murad; 4 July 1546 – 16 January 1595) was Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1574 until his death in 1595. His rule saw battles with the Habsburgs and exhausting wars with the Saf ...
of the
Ottoman Empire
The Ottoman Empire, * ; is an archaic version. The definite article forms and were synonymous * and el, Оθωμανική Αυτοκρατορία, Othōmanikē Avtokratoria, label=none * info page on book at Martin Luther University) ...
. She was a notable Ottoman poetess of the sixteenth century.
Early life
Born as Ayşe, Hubbi Hatun spent her early childhood in the city of Amasya. She was the daughter of Şeyh Akşemseddin, and granddaughter of Beşiktaşlı Şeyh Yahya Efendi. She was very well educated, and had learned Arabic, studied poetry.
Marriage
She married her first cousin, son of her maternal aunt, Prince Selim's tutor, Akşemseddinzade Şemsi Efendi, milk brother of Sultan
Suleiman the Magnificent
Suleiman I ( ota, سليمان اول, Süleyman-ı Evvel; tr, I. Süleyman; 6 November 14946 September 1566), commonly known as Suleiman the Magnificent in the West and Suleiman the Lawgiver ( ota, قانونى سلطان سليمان, Ḳ ...
. She had a daughter married to poet Mehmed Vusuli Efendi, known as Molla Çelebi. A garden in Fındıklı belonged to Hubbi Hatun.
Career
After her husband's death in 1551, she remained at the court and was a boon companion of Prince Selim. Hubbi Hatun was famous for her beauty and poetry. She was rumoured to have had love affairs with several of Selim's courtiers. When Selim ascended the throne in 1566, Hubbi came to Istanbul. After Selim's death in 1574, Hubbi Hatun became a lady-in-waiting to his son, the new Sultan
Murad III
Murad III ( ota, مراد ثالث, Murād-i sālis; tr, III. Murad; 4 July 1546 – 16 January 1595) was Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1574 until his death in 1595. His rule saw battles with the Habsburgs and exhausting wars with the Saf ...
. She had been influential in the reign of both Sultan Selim II and his son Murad III, along with other musahibes (favourites) of Murad, who included mistress of the housekeeper
Canfeda Hatun
Saliha Canfeda Hatun ( ota, صالحہ جان فدا خاتون; "''the devoted one''" and "''soul''" died 1600) was a lady-in-waiting to Nurbanu Sultan and Sultan Murad III of the Ottoman Empire.
Career
Canfeda Hatun was an ally of Nurbanu Sul ...
and mistress of financial affairs
Raziye Hatun.
Death
![Hubbî Hatun Türbesi](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/76/Hubb%C3%AE_Hatun_T%C3%BCrbesi.jpg)
She died in 1590 in Istanbul and was buried at Eyüp cemetery.
Poetry
She wrote lyric poems (gazel) and odes (kaside). She also wrote a narrative poem (mesnevi) under the title "Hürşid and Cemşid", which consisted of more than three thousands of beyits. Her style of writing poetry was not feminine, and wrote just like her male colleagues. She was praised in tezkires for her poetic skills. The poetic persona (mahlas) “Hubbi”, with which Hubbi Hatun signed her gazels in the last hemistich, can also be found at the end of a risale (message or letter), a short work on religious warfare entitled “İmadu’l-Cihad”.
The following poetry was written by Hubbi.
Being feminine is no shame to the name of the sun...
Being masculine is no glory to the crescent moon.
Another set of poetry written by Hubbi Hatun included, "Der Rağbet-i Dua":
Dua temsili Yusuf gibi her dem
Kim ana müşteridir halkı alem
Verir her kişi makdurunca gevher
Anın ta müşterisinden olalar
Sen oldun şimdi hem ol zen misali
Kaçan arz eyledi Yusuf cemali
Geturüp nice rişte anda bir zen
Hıridar oldu ana canu dilden
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External links
Women writers of Turkey: Hubbi Ayşe Kadın
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1590 deaths
16th-century women writers from the Ottoman Empire
Ladies-in-waiting of the Ottoman Empire