# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/mehmed-siyah-qalam
# Generated: 2026-08-15T14:34:31.955Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/mehmed-siyah-qalam"
name: "Mehmed Siyāḥ Qalam"
slug: "mehmed-siyah-qalam"
description: "The album of Muḥammad Siyāh Qalam or Siāh-Qalam, likely of Turkic origin, comprises around 80 extant late 14th and early 15th century folio paintings, ink drawings (qalam-siāhi), and calligraphies, on various material, sometimes silk. The album that contains these paintings, most of which are signed as Mehmet or Muhammad Siyah Qalam, is called the Fatih. These paintings depict cultural and religious ritual norms of the time period, providing insight into the demographics of that era as well as the geography. Measuring up to 335 × 485 cm, these paintings are generally attributed to Iran and bear the strong influence of Chinese art and techniques, as well as symbols of Buddhism and Shamanism, which were both major faiths in Central Asia before the arrival of Islam."
tagline: "Semi-legendary XIV/XV century Iranian painter (or more likely group of painters) under whose name exist particular genre of islamic painting"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Siyah_Qalam_Demons1.jpg/330px-Siyah_Qalam_Demons1.jpg"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "1450"
livingStatus: "UNKNOWN"
scores:
  popularity:           48.07
  momentum:             0.5747738158594997
  historical:           9.471532
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/3718525"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%AD%D9%85%D8%AF_%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%87_%D9%82%D9%84%D9%85"
    title: "محمد سياه قلم"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%AD%D9%85%D8%AF_%D8%B3%DB%8C%D8%A7%D9%87_%D9%82%D9%84%D9%85"
    title: "محمد سیاه قلم"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C9%99h%C9%99mm%C9%99d_Siyah_Q%C9%99l%C9%99m"
    title: "Məhəmməd Siyah Qələm"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siyah_Kalem"
    title: "Siyah Kalem"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siyah_Qalam"
    title: "Siyah Qalam"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%AD%D9%85%D8%AF_%D8%B3%DB%8C%D8%A7%D9%87%E2%80%8C%D9%82%D9%84%D9%85"
    title: "محمد سیاه‌قلم"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohamed_Siyah_Qalem"
    title: "Mohamed Siyah Qalem"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D1%83%D1%85%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%B4_%D0%A1%D0%B8%D1%8F%D1%85_%D0%9A%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%BC"
    title: "Мухаммад Сиях Калам"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mehmed_Siyah_Kalem"
    title: "Mehmed Siyah Kalem"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%94%A1%E4%BA%9A%C2%B7%E5%8D%A1%E5%85%B0%E5%A7%86"
    title: "锡亚·卡兰姆"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2470155"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump