Ayse Hubbi Hatun was a lady-in-waiting to Sultan Selim II and later to his son Sultan Murad III of the Ottoman Empire.
11 Facts About Hubbi Hatun
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Hubbi Hatun was a notable Ottoman poet of the sixteenth century.
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Hubbi Hatun was very well educated, and had learned Arabic, and studied poetry.
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Hubbi Hatun married her first cousin, son of her maternal aunt, Prince Selim's tutor, Aksemseddinzade Semsi Efendi, milk brother of Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent.
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Hubbi Hatun had a daughter married to poet Mehmed Vusuli Efendi, known as Molla Celebi.
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Hubbi Hatun was rumoured to have had love affairs with several of Selim's courtiers.
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When Selim ascended the throne in 1566, Hubbi came to Istanbul.
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Hubbi Hatun had been influential in the reign of both Sultan Selim II and his son Murad III, along with other musahibes of Murad, who included mistress of the housekeeper Canfeda Hatun and mistress of financial affairs Raziye Hatun.
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Hubbi Hatun died in 1590 in Istanbul and was buried at Eyup cemetery.
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Hubbi Hatun wrote a narrative poem under the title "Hursid and Cemsid", which consisted of more than three thousand beyits.
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Hubbi Hatun was praised in tezkires for her poetic skills.