Hubbi Hatun Tomb
About the Person:
- Hubbi Hatun, whose given name was Ayşe, was the granddaughter of Sheikh Yahyâ Efendi of Beşiktaş. She first married Akşemseddinzade Şemseddin Çelebi, and after his death on the pilgrimage route, she became a companion of Sultan Selim II, gaining recognition as a poet of influence at court.
- During this period, she was married to Molla Mehmed Vusuli Efendi. Known for her graceful ghazals, qasidas, and narrative poems, Hubbi Hatun authored a work of approximately three thousand couplets titled “Hurşid ü Cemşid.” She passed away in 1589/90.
- She is regarded as one of the foremost female poets of 16th-century Ottoman divan literature.
About the Tomb:
Construction Year: 16th century
Ordered by: Mehmed Vusuli Efendi
Architect: Mimar Sinan
Prominent Features:
- Built from ashlar stone, the tomb has eight sides and a dome set on an octagonal drum.
- It receives light through upper and lower windows, but its interior decorations have not survived.
- The interior contains a single wooden sarcophagus. Although the tomb was restored in 1942, the sarcophagus was not renewed.
- It is believed to have been built in the last quarter of the 16th century, either shortly before or just after Hubbi Hatun’s death. A grave dated 1585 in front of the tomb indicates that the structure was erected before 1583.
- The tomb’s graveyard includes notable gravestones, such as the cabbage-headed tombstone belonging to calligrapher Habibe Hanım.
- Together with Hubbi Hatun’s literary legacy, this tomb is remembered as one of the symbolic monuments of women’s literature in the Ottoman Empire.
