#ayse hubbi hatun

[ottomanladies]

Are there any stories or poetry by the concubines or daughters of the sultan? This could also include free women as well.

I'm sorry, I don't have actual examples of poetry but I can tell you the poetesses:

Afife Kadın, consort of Mehmed IV

Râbi'a Kadın, consort of Mehmed IV: according to Öztuna, she was a poetess as well. Her existence is not proven with certainty.

Adile Sultan, daughter of Mahmud II: considered the only princess in the Ottoman dynasty to have written a divan (collection of poems).

Ayşe Hubbi Hatun: one of the most successful poets of the 16th century and a companion of Selim II and then Murad III. She was the wife of one Selim II's tutors, Akşemseddîn-zâde Şemsî Çelebi, he too a poet.

[ottomanladies]

Did Canfeda, Raziye and Hubbi Hatun “bettray” Nurbanu by alling with Safiye after 1583?

I don’t know what you mean by “betray” but Canfeda was dismissed by Mehmed III for trying to save Murad III’s second eldest son from execution, Raziye had a job in the Imperial Harem until her death in 1597, and Hubbi Hatun wasn’t involved in politics or in the management of the harem, she was a poetess.

[ottomanladies]

Ayşe Hubbi Hatun was one of the most successful female poets of the 16th century and a favourite of Sultan Selim II. She was born in Amasya, the daughter of Shaykh Ak Şemsuddin, and granddaughter of Shaykh Yahya. She was very well educated: she learned Arabic, studied poetry, and composed mesnevis (narrative poems), kasides  (eulogies), and gazels (lyric poems).

She married Şemsi Efendi, who had been Selim II's tutor when he was still a prince, and when he died in 1551 on his way to a pilgrimage, she was taken to the palace of Manisa, in Prince Selim's court. She was a close friend of his, their friendship lasting about 20 years, and a good companion of conversation for she was a deeply cultured woman.

Hubbi Hatun challenged the concept of men's intellectual superiority and claimed equality between the genders in her poetry, as it is exemplified in one of her couplets: Being feminine is no shame to the name of the sun / Being masculine is no glory to the crescent moon.

After Selim II's death, Hubbi Hatun enjoyed considerable status in Murad III's court and when she died in 1590, she was buried in Eyüp cemetery, Istanbul. // Büsra Develi as Ayşe Hubbi Hatun

sources: Necdet Sakaoğlu - Bu Mülkün Kadın Sultanları: Vâlide sultanlar, hâtunlar, hasekiler, kadınefendiler, sultanefendiler; Walter G. Andrews, Mehmet Kalpakli - The Age of Beloveds: Love and the Beloved in Early-Modern Ottoman and European Culture and Society; Didem Havlioğlu - On the margins and between the lines; Ottoman women poets from the 15th to the 20th centuries

[ottomanladies]

How influencial were Raziye Hatun and Hubbi Hatun during Murad III's reign?

It is not to know, unfortunately. Raziye was a member of the harem hierarchy, though, while Hubbi Hatun was not: their roles were completely different. Raziye was an “employee”, Hubbi Hatun had a higher rank, being the widow of Selim II’s tutor and an accomplished poet herself.

It is possible that they were considered and respected but not involved in politics.