Divan poetess (B. Amasya – D. 1589-90,
Ayşe Hubbâ researched Divân literature. She
wrote mesnevis (a type of divan poetry which is written with two
couplets), odes (poetry written to praise or criticize someone) and lyrics (a
type of lyrical divan poetry written by couplets). Her style in her poetry is
not a feminine one, as it is the case in the whole Divan literature, in other
words her style resembles to the style of male poets. In spite of that,
biographers praised her skills. It is written in sources that she was clearer
in her poems (obvious and correct) than poetesses before her in
Under the influence of hamse (the corpus
of five mesnevis of a poet) and mesnevi (a type of narration in
the form of story written using couplets), Cemşid ü Hurşid mesnevis were
often written as a love story especially in Iranian and Turkish literatures.
Their topic was classic love stories in the Eastern literatures. It is known
that Ayşe Hubbâ wrote a similar mesnevi of 7000 couplets again under the
title “Cemşid ü Hûrşîd”. She has rich descriptions in this mesnevi
form. Chapters about the sea and human nature have a particular importance in
the work.
Ayşe Hubbâ Hatun was the aunt
of Şeyh Yahya Efendi, wife of Akşemseddinzade Şems Çelebi and conversation
friend and teacher of Selim II. Therefore
she was regarded as a member of palace and she has beneficent works. As
literary works she is author of a “Divan” and a mesnevi titled “Cemşid
ü Hurşid”. Ayşe Hubbâ Hâtûn passed away in
WORKS: Divan (manuscript), Cemşid
ü Hurşid (mesnevi).