Sources and licences
These are the pictures shown in A Demon Older Than Paper and its Siyah Qalam gallery, with the collection that holds each sheet, where the image was found, and the licence under which it is used. Codes (C001, C002 …) are the numbers of our Siyah Qalam catalogue; a letter after the code marks a second view or detail of the same sheet.
Almost all of the works are fifteenth-century paintings from Iran and Central Asia, long in the public domain; faithful photographs of them are used as public domain or under the open licence given by the holding collection. Where a licence asks for attribution, the credit line is given in the last column. If you hold rights in any image and see an error, please get in touch.
Pictures (121)
| Code | Title | Holder / collection | Accession | Source | Licence | Credit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C001-a | Battle between Timur and Toqtamish Khan | Topkapı Palace Museum Library, Istanbul | H.2153 fol. 2a (left portion, per one Commons file); right portion folio not stated | source | Public domain | 15th-century artist; Turks: A Journey of a Thousand Years, 600–1600 |
| C001-b | Battle between Timur and Toqtamish Khan | Topkapı Palace Museum Library, Istanbul | H.2153 fol. 2a (left portion, per one Commons file); right portion folio not stated | source | Public domain | 15th century artist; This image has been extracted from another file |
| C002 | Abduction of a Chinese Princess (right part) | Topkapı Palace Museum Library, Istanbul | H.2153 fol. 3b (3v) | source | Public domain | Circa 1470-90, Tabriz; 203 |
| C004 | Angels banishing Demons | Topkapı Palace Museum Library, Istanbul | H.2153 fol. 5b (probable) | source | Public domain | The author's name is unknown, his work is estiamted to have been done in 15th Century.; Michael Barry: Figurative Art in Medieval Islam and the Riddle of Bihzād of Herāt (1465–1535). |
| C006 | Yörük Kampı | Topkapı Palace Museum Library, Istanbul | H.2153 fol. 8b | source | Public domain | Mehmed Siyāḥ Qalam; İpşiroğlu, Mazhar Şevket (1985) Bozkır Rüzgarı Siyah Kalem. Topkapı Sarayı Müzesi Kitaplığında Bulunan Üstad Mehmet Siyah Kalem'in Resimlerinin Tıpkı Basımı, Istanbul: Ada Yayınları, 40, fig. 2 via Imago, Humboldt-Universität Berlin, Institut für Kunst- und Bildgeschicht |
| C007 | Sultan Mehmed II smelling a rose, attributed to Sinan Beg [desc.] | Topkapı Palace Museum Library, Istanbul | H.2153 fol. 10a | source | Public domain | Nakkaş Sinan Bey; Bilkent University |
| C008 | A dark figure crouching beside a staff [desc.] | Topkapı Palace Museum Library, Istanbul | H.2153 fol. 23a | source | Public domain | Siyah Qalem; İpşiroğlu, Mazhar Şevket (1985) Bozkır Rüzgarı Siyah Kalem. Topkapı Sarayı Müzesi Kitaplığında Bulunan Üstad Mehmet Siyah Kalem'in Resimlerinin Tıpkı Basımı, Istanbul: Ada Yayınları, after p. 40, fig. 26 via Imago, Humboldt-Universität Berlin, Institut für Kunst- und Bildgeschi |
| C009 | A nomad family with a horse [desc.] | Topkapı Palace Museum Library, Istanbul | H.2153 fol. 23b (1 of 2) | source | Public domain | Siyah Qalem; İpşiroğlu, Mazhar Şevket (1985) Bozkır Rüzgarı Siyah Kalem. Topkapı Sarayı Müzesi Kitaplığında Bulunan Üstad Mehmet Siyah Kalem'in Resimlerinin Tıpkı Basımı, Istanbul: Ada Yayınları, after p. 40, fig. 7 via Imago, Humboldt-Universität Berlin, Institut für Kunst- und Bildgeschic |
| C012 | Princely couple under a tree, with attendants | Topkapı Palace Museum Library, Istanbul | H.2153 fol. 24b | source | Public domain | 15th century artist; Harvard Library |
| C013 | A seated figure wrapped in a dark cloak [desc.] | Topkapı Palace Museum Library, Istanbul | H.2153 fol. 27a | source | Public domain | Siyah Qalem; İpşiroğlu, Mazhar Şevket (1985) Bozkır Rüzgarı Siyah Kalem. Topkapı Sarayı Müzesi Kitaplığında Bulunan Üstad Mehmet Siyah Kalem'in Resimlerinin Tıpkı Basımı, Istanbul: Ada Yayınları, after p. 40, fig. 28 via Imago, Humboldt-Universität Berlin, Institut für Kunst- und Bildgeschi |
| C014 | Emaciated Horse [Burrow?] with Two Demons | Topkapı Palace Museum Library, Istanbul | H.2153 fol. 27b (27v) | source | Public domain | Siyah Qalem; İpşiroğlu, Mazhar Şevket (1985) Bozkır Rüzgarı Siyah Kalem. Topkapı Sarayı Müzesi Kitaplığında Bulunan Üstad Mehmet Siyah Kalem'in Resimlerinin Tıpkı Basımı, Istanbul: Ada Yayınları, after p. 40, fig. 41 via Imago, Humboldt-Universität Berlin, Institut für Kunst- und Bildgeschi |
| C015 | Two riders in a wintry landscape with bears, attributed by an inscription to Ahmad Musa [desc.] | Topkapı Palace Museum Library, Istanbul | H.2153 fol. 28a (28r) | source | Public domain | Mid-14th century artist; This image has been extracted from another file |
| C016 | Two men walking, one leaning on a staff [desc.] | Topkapı Palace Museum Library, Istanbul | H.2153 fol. 29a | source | Public domain | Siyah Qalem; İpşiroğlu, Mazhar Şevket (1985) Bozkır Rüzgarı Siyah Kalem. Topkapı Sarayı Müzesi Kitaplığında Bulunan Üstad Mehmet Siyah Kalem'in Resimlerinin Tıpkı Basımı, Istanbul: Ada Yayınları, after p. 40, fig. 33 via Imago, Humboldt-Universität Berlin, Institut für Kunst- und Bildgeschi |
| C017 | Head of a Horse, black pen drawing, ascribed to Sultan Ahmad Jalayir by an inscription | Topkapı Palace Museum Library, Istanbul | H.2153 fol. 29b (29v) | source | Public domain | End-14th, early 15th century artist; This image has been extracted from another file |
| C018 | Execution scene (top right on album page) | Topkapı Palace Museum Library, Istanbul | H.2153 fol. 29b (29v) | source | Public domain | 15th century; Bellini and the East (2005) |
| C019 | Demons with a winged beast [desc.] | Topkapı Palace Museum Library, Istanbul | H.2153 fol. 29b (29v) | source | Public domain | End-14th, early 15th century artist; This image has been extracted from another file |
| C020 | Bağlayan ve Bağlanan Demonlar | Topkapı Palace Museum Library, Istanbul | H.2153 fol. 31b | source | Public domain | Siyah Qalem; İpşiroğlu, Mazhar Şevket (1985) Bozkır Rüzgarı Siyah Kalem. Topkapı Sarayı Müzesi Kitaplığında Bulunan Üstad Mehmet Siyah Kalem'in Resimlerinin Tıpkı Basımı, Istanbul: Ada Yayınları, after p. 40, fig. 49 via Imago, Humboldt-Universität Berlin, Institut für Kunst- und Bildgeschi |
| C021 | A giant, bare-chested figure heaving a slab [desc.] | Topkapı Palace Museum Library, Istanbul | H.2153 fol. 33a | source | Public domain | Siyah Qalem; İpşiroğlu, Mazhar Şevket (1985) Bozkır Rüzgarı Siyah Kalem. Topkapı Sarayı Müzesi Kitaplığında Bulunan Üstad Mehmet Siyah Kalem'in Resimlerinin Tıpkı Basımı, Istanbul: Ada Yayınları, after p. 40, fig. 37 via Imago, Humboldt-Universität Berlin, Institut für Kunst- und Bildgeschi |
| C022 | Two dancing monsters, each holding two cloths | Topkapı Palace Museum Library, Istanbul | H.2153 fol. 34b (34v) | source | Public domain | Siyah Qalem; İpşiroğlu, Mazhar Şevket (1985) Bozkır Rüzgarı Siyah Kalem. Topkapı Sarayı Müzesi Kitaplığında Bulunan Üstad Mehmet Siyah Kalem'in Resimlerinin Tıpkı Basımı, Istanbul: Ada Yayınları, after p. 40, fig. 30 via Imago, Humboldt-Universität Berlin, Institut für Kunst- und Bildgeschi |
| C023 | Two demons crouching beneath a flying cloth [desc.] | Topkapı Palace Museum Library, Istanbul | H.2153 fol. 34b (per Commons; folio uncertain) | source | Public domain | Siyah Qalem; İpşiroğlu, Mazhar Şevket (1985) Bozkır Rüzgarı Siyah Kalem. Topkapı Sarayı Müzesi Kitaplığında Bulunan Üstad Mehmet Siyah Kalem'in Resimlerinin Tıpkı Basımı, Istanbul: Ada Yayınları, after p. 40, fig. 47 via Imago, Humboldt-Universität Berlin, Institut für Kunst- und Bildgeschi |
| C024 | Flute player under a plum tree, attributed to Shaykhi [desc.] | Topkapı Palace Museum Library, Istanbul | H.2153 fol. 36a (36r) | source | CC BY 4.0 | Unknown authorUnknown author; Courtesy Special Collections, Harvard Fine Arts Library https://images.hollis.harvard.edu/primo-explore/viewcomponent/L/HVD_VIAolvwork365205?vid=HVD_IMAGES&imageId=urn-3:FHCL:37873227&adaptor= |
| C026 | Demonların Kuvvet Gösterisi | Topkapı Palace Museum Library, Istanbul | H.2153 fol. 37a (2 of 2) | source | Public domain | Siyah Qalem; İpşiroğlu, Mazhar Şevket (1985) Bozkır Rüzgarı Siyah Kalem. Topkapı Sarayı Müzesi Kitaplığında Bulunan Üstad Mehmet Siyah Kalem'in Resimlerinin Tıpkı Basımı, Istanbul: Ada Yayınları, after p. 40, fig. 38 via Imago, Humboldt-Universität Berlin, Institut für Kunst- und Bildgeschi |
| C027 | Two horned demons grappling [desc.] | Topkapı Palace Museum Library, Istanbul | H.2153 fol. 37b (1 of 3) | source | Public domain | Siyah Qalem; İpşiroğlu, Mazhar Şevket (1985) Bozkır Rüzgarı Siyah Kalem. Topkapı Sarayı Müzesi Kitaplığında Bulunan Üstad Mehmet Siyah Kalem'in Resimlerinin Tıpkı Basımı, Istanbul: Ada Yayınları, after p. 40, fig. 48 via Imago, Humboldt-Universität Berlin, Institut für Kunst- und Bildgeschi |
| C028 | Two seated men, one playing a stringed instrument [desc.] | Topkapı Palace Museum Library, Istanbul | H.2153 fol. 37b (2 of 3) | source | Public domain | Siyah Qalem; İpşiroğlu, Mazhar Şevket (1985) Bozkır Rüzgarı Siyah Kalem. Topkapı Sarayı Müzesi Kitaplığında Bulunan Üstad Mehmet Siyah Kalem'in Resimlerinin Tıpkı Basımı, Istanbul: Ada Yayınları, after p. 40, fig. 29 via Imago, Humboldt-Universität Berlin, Institut für Kunst- und Bildgeschi |
| C029 | Two hooded figures standing and a third crouching [desc.] | Topkapı Palace Museum Library, Istanbul | H.2153 fol. 37b (3 of 3) | source | Public domain | Siyah Qalem; İpşiroğlu, Mazhar Şevket (1985) Bozkır Rüzgarı Siyah Kalem. Topkapı Sarayı Müzesi Kitaplığında Bulunan Üstad Mehmet Siyah Kalem'in Resimlerinin Tıpkı Basımı, Istanbul: Ada Yayınları, after p. 40, fig. 19 via Imago, Humboldt-Universität Berlin, Institut für Kunst- und Bildgeschi |
| C030 | At Kaçıran Demon | Topkapı Palace Museum Library, Istanbul | H.2153 fol. 38a (1 of 4) | source | Public domain | Siyah Qalem; İpşiroğlu, Mazhar Şevket (1985) Bozkır Rüzgarı Siyah Kalem. Topkapı Sarayı Müzesi Kitaplığında Bulunan Üstad Mehmet Siyah Kalem'in Resimlerinin Tıpkı Basımı, Istanbul: Ada Yayınları, after p. 40, fig. 50 via Imago, Humboldt-Universität Berlin, Institut für Kunst- und Bildgeschi |
| C031 | Figures with a black, horned ox [desc.] | Topkapı Palace Museum Library, Istanbul | H.2153 fol. 38a (2 of 4) | source | Public domain | Siyah Qalem; İpşiroğlu, Mazhar Şevket (1985) Bozkır Rüzgarı Siyah Kalem. Topkapı Sarayı Müzesi Kitaplığında Bulunan Üstad Mehmet Siyah Kalem'in Resimlerinin Tıpkı Basımı, Istanbul: Ada Yayınları, after p. 40, fig. 8 via Imago, Humboldt-Universität Berlin, Institut für Kunst- und Bildgeschic |
| C032 | Three seated men [desc.] | Topkapı Palace Museum Library, Istanbul | H.2153 fol. 38a (3 of 4) | source | Public domain | Mehmed Siyāḥ Qalam; İpşiroğlu, Mazhar Şevket (1985) Bozkır Rüzgarı Siyah Kalem. Topkapı Sarayı Müzesi Kitaplığında Bulunan Üstad Mehmet Siyah Kalem'in Resimlerinin Tıpkı Basımı, Istanbul: Ada Yayınları, after p. 40, fig. 20 via Imago, Humboldt-Universität Berlin, Institut für Kunst- und Bil |
| C033 | Two seated men, one with a cauldron [desc.] | Topkapı Palace Museum Library, Istanbul | H.2153 fol. 38a (4 of 4) | source | Public domain | Mehmed Siyāḥ Qalam; İpşiroğlu, Mazhar Şevket (1985) Bozkır Rüzgarı Siyah Kalem. Topkapı Sarayı Müzesi Kitaplığında Bulunan Üstad Mehmet Siyah Kalem'in Resimlerinin Tıpkı Basımı, Istanbul: Ada Yayınları, after p. 40, fig. 4 via Imago, Humboldt-Universität Berlin, Institut für Kunst- und Bild |
| C034 | Üçlü Grup | Topkapı Palace Museum Library, Istanbul | H.2153 fol. 38b (1 of 3) | source | Public domain | Siyah Qalem; İpşiroğlu, Mazhar Şevket (1985) Bozkır Rüzgarı Siyah Kalem. Topkapı Sarayı Müzesi Kitaplığında Bulunan Üstad Mehmet Siyah Kalem'in Resimlerinin Tıpkı Basımı, Istanbul: Ada Yayınları, after p. 40, fig. 15 via Imago, Humboldt-Universität Berlin, Institut für Kunst- und Bildgeschi |
| C035 | Ayakta Söyleşi | Topkapı Palace Museum Library, Istanbul | H.2153 fol. 38b (2 of 3) | source | Public domain | Siyah Qalem; İpşiroğlu, Mazhar Şevket (1985) Bozkır Rüzgarı Siyah Kalem. Topkapı Sarayı Müzesi Kitaplığında Bulunan Üstad Mehmet Siyah Kalem'in Resimlerinin Tıpkı Basımı, Istanbul: Ada Yayınları, after p. 40, fig. 35 via Imago, Humboldt-Universität Berlin, Institut für Kunst- und Bildgeschi |
| C036 | Karşılaşma | Topkapı Palace Museum Library, Istanbul | H.2153 fol. 38b (3 of 3) | source | Public domain | Mehmed Siyāḥ Qalam; İpşiroğlu, Mazhar Şevket (1985) Bozkır Rüzgarı Siyah Kalem. Topkapı Sarayı Müzesi Kitaplığında Bulunan Üstad Mehmet Siyah Kalem'in Resimlerinin Tıpkı Basımı, Istanbul: Ada Yayınları, after p. 40, fig. 23 via Imago, Humboldt-Universität Berlin, Institut für Kunst- und Bil |
| C037 | Two demons [desc.] | Topkapı Palace Museum Library, Istanbul | H.2153 fol. 39b | source | Public domain | Siyah Qalem; İpşiroğlu, Mazhar Şevket (1985) Bozkır Rüzgarı Siyah Kalem. Topkapı Sarayı Müzesi Kitaplığında Bulunan Üstad Mehmet Siyah Kalem'in Resimlerinin Tıpkı Basımı, Istanbul: Ada Yayınları, after p. 40, fig. 1 via Imago, Humboldt-Universität Berlin, Institut für Kunst- und Bildgeschic |
| C039 | Battle scene and calligraphic exercises | Topkapı Palace Museum Library, Istanbul | H.2153 fol. 41b | source | Public domain | 15th century artist; Harvard Library |
| C040-a | A horned demon [desc.] | Topkapı Palace Museum Library, Istanbul | H.2153 fol. 48a (Lei, Gökkaya); 48b (Commons) | source | Public domain | Siyah Qalem; İpşiroğlu, Mazhar Şevket (1985) Bozkır Rüzgarı Siyah Kalem. Topkapı Sarayı Müzesi Kitaplığında Bulunan Üstad Mehmet Siyah Kalem'in Resimlerinin Tıpkı Basımı, Istanbul: Ada Yayınları, after p. 40, fig. 40 via Imago, Humboldt-Universität Berlin, Institut für Kunst- und Bildgeschi |
| C040-b | A horned demon [desc.] | Topkapı Palace Museum Library, Istanbul | H.2153 fol. 48a (Lei, Gökkaya); 48b (Commons) | source | CC BY-SA 4.0 | Dosseman; Own work |
| C041 | Two seated, hooded figures [desc.] | Topkapı Palace Museum Library, Istanbul | H.2153 fol. 52a | source | Public domain | Siyah Qalem; İpşiroğlu, Mazhar Şevket (1985) Bozkır Rüzgarı Siyah Kalem. Topkapı Sarayı Müzesi Kitaplığında Bulunan Üstad Mehmet Siyah Kalem'in Resimlerinin Tıpkı Basımı, Istanbul: Ada Yayınları, after p. 40, fig. 34 via Imago, Humboldt-Universität Berlin, Institut für Kunst- und Bildgeschi |
| C042 | Ilkhanid enthronement scene | Topkapı Palace Museum Library, Istanbul | H.2153 fol. 53b (53v) | source | Public domain | 1330s CE artist, Tabriz; Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society , Volume 32 , Special Issue 4: Studies in Honour of Barbara Brend , October 2022 , pp. 762 – 791 Power and Politics of Representation: Picturing Elite Women in Ilkhanid Painting |
| C043 | A man with a camel [desc.] | Topkapı Palace Museum Library, Istanbul | H.2153 fol. 54a | source | Public domain | Siyah Qalem; İpşiroğlu, Mazhar Şevket (1985) Bozkır Rüzgarı Siyah Kalem. Topkapı Sarayı Müzesi Kitaplığında Bulunan Üstad Mehmet Siyah Kalem'in Resimlerinin Tıpkı Basımı, Istanbul: Ada Yayınları, after p. 40, fig. 11 via Imago, Humboldt-Universität Berlin, Institut für Kunst- und Bildgeschi |
| C044-a | Eight Figures in European Attire | Topkapı Palace Museum Library, Istanbul | H.2153 fol. 54b (54v) | source | Public domain | 14th century Jalayirid artist; Persianate Images between Europe and China: The ‘Frankish Manner’ By Gülru Necipoğlu |
| C044-b | Eight Figures in European Attire | Topkapı Palace Museum Library, Istanbul | H.2153 fol. 54b (54v) | source | Public domain | 15th century; This image has been extracted from another file |
| C045-a | Gezici Dervişler | Topkapı Palace Museum Library, Istanbul | H.2153 fol. 55a (55r) | source | Public domain | Siyah Qalem; İpşiroğlu, Mazhar Şevket (1985) Bozkır Rüzgarı Siyah Kalem. Topkapı Sarayı Müzesi Kitaplığında Bulunan Üstad Mehmet Siyah Kalem'in Resimlerinin Tıpkı Basımı, Istanbul: Ada Yayınları, after p. 40, fig. 6 via Imago, Humboldt-Universität Berlin, Institut für Kunst- und Bildgeschic |
| C046 | Two ladies flanking a tree | Topkapı Palace Museum Library, Istanbul | H.2153 fol. 60a | source | Public domain | 15th century artist; Harvard Library |
| C049 | Demonlar | Topkapı Palace Museum Library, Istanbul | H.2153 fol. 64b | source | Public domain | Mehmed Siyāḥ Qalam; İpşiroğlu, Mazhar Şevket (1985) Bozkır Rüzgarı Siyah Kalem. Topkapı Sarayı Müzesi Kitaplığında Bulunan Üstad Mehmet Siyah Kalem'in Resimlerinin Tıpkı Basımı, Istanbul: Ada Yayınları, after p. 40, fig. 32 via Imago, Humboldt-Universität Berlin, Institut für Kunst- und Bil |
| C050 | İki Şaman | Topkapı Palace Museum Library, Istanbul | H.2153 fol. 65a (Lei Resim 33 and table; Commons) / 65b (Lei App. 1) | source | Public domain | Siyah Qalem; İpşiroğlu, Mazhar Şevket (1985) Bozkır Rüzgarı Siyah Kalem. Topkapı Sarayı Müzesi Kitaplığında Bulunan Üstad Mehmet Siyah Kalem'in Resimlerinin Tıpkı Basımı, Istanbul: Ada Yayınları, after p. 40, fig. 13 via Imago, Humboldt-Universität Berlin, Institut für Kunst- und Bildgeschi |
| C051 | Birds and a blossoming plum tree | Topkapı Palace Museum Library, Istanbul | H.2153 fol. 66a | source | Public domain | 15th century artist; Harvard Library |
| C052 | Autumn Landscape, polychrome painting, inscribed "Work of Mani (kār-i Mānī)" | Topkapı Palace Museum Library, Istanbul | H.2153 fol. 68a (68r) | source | Public domain | 15th century; (17 February 2026). "The Jalayirid Contribution: A Topkapi Palace Album with Images in the Persianate, Chinese, and European Manners (Ca. 1350–1500)". Ars Orientalis 55 (0). DOI:10.3998/ars.9312. |
| C055 | Two men by a tree, one holding a rope, the other a small hanging vessel [desc.] | Topkapı Palace Museum Library, Istanbul | H.2153 fol. 73b | source | Public domain | Siyah Qalem; İpşiroğlu, Mazhar Şevket (1985) Bozkır Rüzgarı Siyah Kalem. Topkapı Sarayı Müzesi Kitaplığında Bulunan Üstad Mehmet Siyah Kalem'in Resimlerinin Tıpkı Basımı, Istanbul: Ada Yayınları, after p. 40, fig. 14 via Imago, Humboldt-Universität Berlin, Institut für Kunst- und Bildgeschi |
| C056 | Encomium to the sultan Yaʿqub Aqqoyunlu | Topkapı Palace Museum Library, Istanbul | H.2153 fol. 74b | source | Public domain | ʿAbd al-Hayy ibn Hafiz Shaykh Muhammad al-Bukhari; https://www-degruyter-com.wikipedialibrary.idm.oclc.org/document/doi/10.1515/9781474464475-011/html |
| C058 | Two men before a seated ruler | Topkapı Palace Museum Library, Istanbul | H.2153 fol. 77b | source | Public domain | 15th century artist; Harvard Library |
| C059 | Atını Otlatan Yörük | Topkapı Palace Museum Library, Istanbul | H.2153 fol. 84a | source | Public domain | Siyah Qalem; İpşiroğlu, Mazhar Şevket (1985) Bozkır Rüzgarı Siyah Kalem. Topkapı Sarayı Müzesi Kitaplığında Bulunan Üstad Mehmet Siyah Kalem'in Resimlerinin Tıpkı Basımı, Istanbul: Ada Yayınları, after p. 40, fig. 9 via Imago, Humboldt-Universität Berlin, Institut für Kunst- und Bildgeschic |
| C060 | Demons Carrying Trunks | Topkapı Palace Museum Library, Istanbul | H.2153 fol. 88b (88v) | source | Public domain | Unknown authorUnknown author; https://www.pinterest.com/pin/253116441531745437/ |
| C062 | Conversation | Topkapı Palace Museum Library, Istanbul | H.2153 fol. 90a (90r) | source | Public domain | Siyah Qalem; İpşiroğlu, Mazhar Şevket (1985) Bozkır Rüzgarı Siyah Kalem. Topkapı Sarayı Müzesi Kitaplığında Bulunan Üstad Mehmet Siyah Kalem'in Resimlerinin Tıpkı Basımı, Istanbul: Ada Yayınları, after p. 40, fig. 24 via Imago, Humboldt-Universität Berlin, Institut für Kunst- und Bildgeschi |
| C063 | Three figures [desc.] | Topkapı Palace Museum Library, Istanbul | H.2153 fol. 92b | source | Public domain | Mehmed Siyāḥ Qalam; İpşiroğlu, Mazhar Şevket (1985) Bozkır Rüzgarı Siyah Kalem. Topkapı Sarayı Müzesi Kitaplığında Bulunan Üstad Mehmet Siyah Kalem'in Resimlerinin Tıpkı Basımı, Istanbul: Ada Yayınları, after p. 40, fig. 18 via Imago, Humboldt-Universität Berlin, Institut für Kunst- und Bil |
| C064 | Mounted warriors in battle | Topkapı Palace Museum Library, Istanbul | H.2153 fol. 97b (97v) | source | Public domain | 15th century artist; Harvard Library |
| C065 | A dark, hairy figure striding [desc.] | Topkapı Palace Museum Library, Istanbul | H.2153 fol. 101a (1 of 2) | source | Public domain | Siyah Qalem; İpşiroğlu, Mazhar Şevket (1985) Bozkır Rüzgarı Siyah Kalem. Topkapı Sarayı Müzesi Kitaplığında Bulunan Üstad Mehmet Siyah Kalem'in Resimlerinin Tıpkı Basımı, Istanbul: Ada Yayınları, after p. 40, fig. 39 via Imago, Humboldt-Universität Berlin, Institut für Kunst- und Bildgeschi |
| C068 | Two men [desc.] | Topkapı Palace Museum Library, Istanbul | H.2153 fol. 105a | source | Public domain | Siyah Qalem; İpşiroğlu, Mazhar Şevket (1985) Bozkır Rüzgarı Siyah Kalem. Topkapı Sarayı Müzesi Kitaplığında Bulunan Üstad Mehmet Siyah Kalem'in Resimlerinin Tıpkı Basımı, Istanbul: Ada Yayınları, after p. 40, fig. 12 via Imago, Humboldt-Universität Berlin, Institut für Kunst- und Bildgeschi |
| C069 | Two old men in long cloaks, one with a staff [desc.] | Topkapı Palace Museum Library, Istanbul | H.2153 fol. 106b | source | Public domain | Siyah Qalem; İpşiroğlu, Mazhar Şevket (1985) Bozkır Rüzgarı Siyah Kalem. Topkapı Sarayı Müzesi Kitaplığında Bulunan Üstad Mehmet Siyah Kalem'in Resimlerinin Tıpkı Basımı, Istanbul: Ada Yayınları, after p. 40, fig. 36 via Imago, Humboldt-Universität Berlin, Institut für Kunst- und Bildgeschi |
| C071 | Three demons [desc.] | Topkapı Palace Museum Library, Istanbul | H.2153 fol. 112a | source | Public domain | Siyah Qalem; İpşiroğlu, Mazhar Şevket (1985) Bozkır Rüzgarı Siyah Kalem. Topkapı Sarayı Müzesi Kitaplığında Bulunan Üstad Mehmet Siyah Kalem'in Resimlerinin Tıpkı Basımı, Istanbul: Ada Yayınları, after p. 40, fig. 46 via Imago, Humboldt-Universität Berlin, Institut für Kunst- und Bildgeschi |
| C073 | Ot arayan at ve Yörükler | Topkapı Palace Museum Library, Istanbul | H.2153 fol. 113a | source | Public domain | Siyah Qalem; İpşiroğlu, Mazhar Şevket (1985) Bozkır Rüzgarı Siyah Kalem. Topkapı Sarayı Müzesi Kitaplığında Bulunan Üstad Mehmet Siyah Kalem'in Resimlerinin Tıpkı Basımı, Istanbul: Ada Yayınları, after p. 40, fig. 10 via Imago, Humboldt-Universität Berlin, Institut für Kunst- und Bildgeschi |
| C074 | Calligraphy sample signed by Shaykh Mahmud al-Heravi | Topkapı Palace Museum Library, Istanbul | H.2153 fol. 116b (116v) | source | Public domain | ; https://brill-com.wikipedialibrary.idm.oclc.org/display/book/9789004323483/B9789004323483_006.xml |
| C075 | Calligraphy sample signed by ʿAbd al-Rahim al-Khvarazmi | Topkapı Palace Museum Library, Istanbul | H.2153 fol. 117a (117r) | source | Public domain | ʿAbd al-Rahim al-Khvarazmi; https://brill-com.wikipedialibrary.idm.oclc.org/display/book/9789004323483/B9789004323483_006.xml |
| C076 | Atını yularından çeken Yörük | Topkapı Palace Museum Library, Istanbul | H.2153 fol. 118b | source | Public domain | Siyah Qalem; İpşiroğlu, Mazhar Şevket (1985) Bozkır Rüzgarı Siyah Kalem. Topkapı Sarayı Müzesi Kitaplığında Bulunan Üstad Mehmet Siyah Kalem'in Resimlerinin Tıpkı Basımı, Istanbul: Ada Yayınları, after p. 40, fig. 3 via Imago, Humboldt-Universität Berlin, Institut für Kunst- und Bildgeschic |
| C077 | Celestial Vision | Topkapı Palace Museum Library, Istanbul | H.2153 fol. 120b (120v) | source | Public domain | 14th century Jalayirid artist; Persianate Images between Europe and China: The ‘Frankish Manner’ By Gülru Necipoğlu |
| C080 | Two seated demons, one with a mace [desc.] | Topkapı Palace Museum Library, Istanbul | H.2153 fol. 128a | source | Public domain | Siyah Qalem; İpşiroğlu, Mazhar Şevket (1985) Bozkır Rüzgarı Siyah Kalem. Topkapı Sarayı Müzesi Kitaplığında Bulunan Üstad Mehmet Siyah Kalem'in Resimlerinin Tıpkı Basımı, Istanbul: Ada Yayınları, after p. 40, fig. 22 via Imago, Humboldt-Universität Berlin, Institut für Kunst- und Bildgeschi |
| C081 | A horned figure carrying a man on his back [desc.] | Topkapı Palace Museum Library, Istanbul | H.2153 fol. 129b (1 of 2) | source | Public domain | Siyah Qalem; İpşiroğlu, Mazhar Şevket (1985) Bozkır Rüzgarı Siyah Kalem. Topkapı Sarayı Müzesi Kitaplığında Bulunan Üstad Mehmet Siyah Kalem'in Resimlerinin Tıpkı Basımı, Istanbul: Ada Yayınları, after p. 40, fig. 42 via Imago, Humboldt-Universität Berlin, Institut für Kunst- und Bildgeschi |
| C082 | Two half-clad old men talking [desc.] | Topkapı Palace Museum Library, Istanbul | H.2153 fol. 129b (2 of 2) | source | Public domain | Siyah Qalem; İpşiroğlu, Mazhar Şevket (1985) Bozkır Rüzgarı Siyah Kalem. Topkapı Sarayı Müzesi Kitaplığında Bulunan Üstad Mehmet Siyah Kalem'in Resimlerinin Tıpkı Basımı, Istanbul: Ada Yayınları, after p. 40, fig. 21 via Imago, Humboldt-Universität Berlin, Institut für Kunst- und Bildgeschi |
| C083 | Procession with Chinese Porcelain | Topkapı Palace Museum Library, Istanbul | H.2153 fol. 130a (130r) | source | Public domain | 15th century artist; Harvard edu |
| C084 | The Monastery | Topkapı Palace Museum Library, Istanbul | H.2153 fol. 131b (131v) | source | Public domain | 1407-1408 artist, possibly Jalayirid Baghdad; This image has been extracted from another file |
| C088 | M.S.K. İki siyah derviş | Topkapı Palace Museum Library, Istanbul | H.2153 fol. 140a | source | Public domain | Mehmed Siyāḥ Qalam; İpşiroğlu, Mazhar Şevket (1985) Bozkır Rüzgarı Siyah Kalem. Topkapı Sarayı Müzesi Kitaplığında Bulunan Üstad Mehmet Siyah Kalem'in Resimlerinin Tıpkı Basımı, Istanbul: Ada Yayınları, after p. 40, fig. 27 via Imago, Humboldt-Universität Berlin, Institut für Kunst- und Bil |
| C090 | Two demons at work on a tree trunk [desc.] | Topkapı Palace Museum Library, Istanbul | H.2153 fol. 141a | source | Public domain | Siyah Qalem; İpşiroğlu, Mazhar Şevket (1985) Bozkır Rüzgarı Siyah Kalem. Topkapı Sarayı Müzesi Kitaplığında Bulunan Üstad Mehmet Siyah Kalem'in Resimlerinin Tıpkı Basımı, Istanbul: Ada Yayınları, after p. 40, fig. 43 via Imago, Humboldt-Universität Berlin, Institut für Kunst- und Bildgeschi |
| C093 | El Gran Turco, Florentine tinted engraving | Topkapı Palace Museum Library, Istanbul | H.2153 fol. 145a (bifolio 144a–145b) | source | Public domain | 15th century artist; This image has been extracted from another file |
| C094-a | Bust Portrait of Sultan Mehmed II | Topkapı Palace Museum Library, Istanbul | H.2153 fol. 145b (bifolio 144a–145b, 144r–145v) | source | Public domain | 15th century artist; This image has been extracted from another file |
| C094-b | Bust Portrait of Sultan Mehmed II | Topkapı Palace Museum Library, Istanbul | H.2153 fol. 145b (bifolio 144a–145b, 144r–145v) | source | Public domain | 15th century artist; (17 February 2026). "The Jalayirid Contribution: A Topkapi Palace Album with Images in the Persianate, Chinese, and European Manners (Ca. 1350–1500)". Ars Orientalis 55 (0). DOI:10.3998/ars.9312. |
| C095 | Couple | Topkapı Palace Museum Library, Istanbul | H.2153 fol. 145b (bifolio 144a–145b) | source | Public domain | 15th century artist; This image has been extracted from another file |
| C096 | Painting and calligraphies, signed by Shaykhi | Topkapı Palace Museum Library, Istanbul | H.2153 fol. 146b (146v) | source | Public domain | 1480, Tabriz; Cross-Cultural Artistic Encounters in the Eastern Mediterranean p.155 |
| C097 | Ilkhanid enthronement scene | Topkapı Palace Museum Library, Istanbul | H.2153 fol. 148b (148v) | source | Public domain | 1330s CE artist, Tabriz; Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society , Volume 32 , Special Issue 4: Studies in Honour of Barbara Brend , October 2022 , pp. 762 – 791 Power and Politics of Representation: Picturing Elite Women in Ilkhanid Painting |
| C098 | Chinese painting of Chinese dignitaries | Topkapı Palace Museum Library, Istanbul | H.2153 fol. 150a (150r) | source | Public domain | Chinese artist, 15th century or before; (2004) L'art figuratif en Islam médiéval et l'énigme de Behzâd de Hérât 1465-1535, Paris: Flammarion ISBN: 9782080102058. |
| C099 | The groom and the horse | Topkapı Palace Museum Library, Istanbul | H.2153 fol. 151a (probable) | source | Public domain | 15th century artists; pp.208-220 |
| C100 | Gösteri | Topkapı Palace Museum Library, Istanbul | H.2153 fol. 152a | source | Public domain | Siyah Qalem; İpşiroğlu, Mazhar Şevket (1985) Bozkır Rüzgarı Siyah Kalem. Topkapı Sarayı Müzesi Kitaplığında Bulunan Üstad Mehmet Siyah Kalem'in Resimlerinin Tıpkı Basımı, Istanbul: Ada Yayınları, after p. 40, fig. 16 via Imago, Humboldt-Universität Berlin, Institut für Kunst- und Bildgeschi |
| C101-a | Royalty in Palanquins Borne by Demons (part 1) | Topkapı Palace Museum Library, Istanbul | H.2153 fol. 164b–165a (164v–165r), painting 1 of 2 | source | CC BY 4.0 — CC BY 4.0 (Negareh journal licence, https://negareh.shahed.ac.ir/article_4389.html); figure after İpşiroğlu 1985, underlying 15th-c. work public domain | Negareh journal 2025, Table 1 (after İpşiroğlu) |
| C101-b | Royalty in Palanquins Borne by Demons (part 1) | Topkapı Palace Museum Library, Istanbul | H.2153 fol. 164b–165a (164v–165r), painting 1 of 2 | source | CC BY 4.0 — CC BY 4.0 (Negareh journal licence, https://negareh.shahed.ac.ir/article_4389.html); figure after İpşiroğlu 1985, underlying 15th-c. work public domain | Negareh journal 2025, Table 1 (after İpşiroğlu) |
| C105-a | Dragon in rock | Topkapı Palace Museum Library, Istanbul | H.2153 fol. 171a (probable) | source | Public domain | 15th century artists; pp.208-220 |
| C105-b | Dragon in rock | Topkapı Palace Museum Library, Istanbul | H.2153 fol. 171a (probable) | source | Public domain | 15th century artists; pp.208-220 |
| C107 | Cut-paper trees | Topkapı Palace Museum Library, Istanbul | H.2153 fol. 183b | source | Public domain | Unknown; image via a thesis in the YÖK National Thesis Centre (original record link no longer resolves) |
| C108 | Cut-paper of a tree with birds | Topkapı Palace Museum Library, Istanbul | H.2153 fol. 187b | source | Public domain | Unknown; image via a thesis in the YÖK National Thesis Centre (original record link no longer resolves) |
| C109 | Dogs | Topkapı Palace Museum Library, Istanbul | H.2153 fol. folio not stated | source | Public domain | 15th century artists; pp.208-220 |
| C110 | Mounted Falconer | Topkapı Palace Museum Library, Istanbul | H.2153 fol. folio not stated | source | Public domain | 14th-15th century artist; Plate 162, "Turks: A Journey Of A Thousand Years, 600-1600" by David J. Roxburgh, Royal Academy Publications – 2005 [1] |
| C111 | Parthian shot from a fifteenth-century Persian manuscript | Topkapı Palace Museum Library, Istanbul | H.2153 fol. folio not stated | source | Public domain | 15th century artist; The Making of Islamic Art: Studies in Honour of Sheila Blair and Jonathan Bloom, p.56 |
| C112 | Topkapı Sarayı Albüm Hazine 2153 'ten bir Akkoyunlu Türkmen resmi | Topkapı Palace Museum Library, Istanbul | H.2153 fol. folio not stated | source | CC BY 4.0 | Suleyman Pa$a; Own work |
| C113 | Two Taoist immortals, Li Tiehguai with a crutch and Liu Xuanying (Liu Hai) | Topkapı Palace Museum Library, Istanbul | H.2153 (Lei) / H.2160 (Commons) fol. 36b (Lei); not stated (Commons) | source | CC BY 4.0 | Unknown authorUnknown author; https://id.lib.harvard.edu/images/olvwork420693/urn-3:FHCL:37699005/catalog Courtesy Special Collections, Harvard Fine Arts Library |
| C114 | At ve seyisi | Topkapı Palace Museum Library, Istanbul | H.2160 (Lei, list of illustrations); H.2153 (Lei, table p. 171) fol. 50b | source | Public domain | Early 15th century artist Abdul Bagi Bacuvi; p.191 |
| C115 | Lion and Bull | Topkapı Palace Museum Library, Istanbul | H.2160 (Steinhardt); H.2153 (Commons) fol. 90b (90v) | source | Public domain | Mohammed Siyah Qalem; Topkapi Museum |
| C116 | Dance of demons | Topkapı Palace Museum Library, Istanbul | H.2153 (probable; album not stated) fol. folio not identified | source | Public domain | Siyah Qalem; Scan. Transferred from ru.wikipedia, Original uploader was Евгений Ардаев at ru.wikipedia (9 September 2008 (original upload date)) |
| C117 | Demon on a ruled ground (Negareh no. 16) [desc.] | Topkapı Palace Museum Library, Istanbul | not stated (İpşiroğlu corpus) fol. folio not identified | source | CC BY 4.0 — CC BY 4.0 (Negareh journal licence, https://negareh.shahed.ac.ir/article_4389.html); figure after İpşiroğlu 1985, underlying 15th-c. work public domain | Negareh journal 2025, Table 1 (after İpşiroğlu) |
| C118 | Demons wrestling | Topkapı Palace Museum Library, Istanbul | not stated (İpşiroğlu corpus) fol. folio not identified | source | CC BY-SA 4.0 | Dosseman; Own work |
| C120 | Struggle of a demon with a dragon | Topkapı Palace Museum Library, Istanbul | H.2153 (probable; album not stated) fol. folio not identified | source | Public domain | Muhammad Siyah_Qalem. Original uploader was Евгений Ардаев at ru.wikipedia; Transferred from ru.wikipedia |
| C121 | Three men around a potted plant [desc.] | Topkapı Palace Museum Library, Istanbul | H.2160 fol. 10a | source | Public domain | Siyah Qalem; İpşiroğlu, Mazhar Şevket (1985) Bozkır Rüzgarı Siyah Kalem. Topkapı Sarayı Müzesi Kitaplığında Bulunan Üstad Mehmet Siyah Kalem'in Resimlerinin Tıpkı Basımı, Istanbul: Ada Yayınları, after p. 40, fig. 17 via Imago, Humboldt-Universität Berlin, Institut für Kunst- und Bildgeschi |
| C122 | Two men with a loaded donkey [desc.] | Topkapı Palace Museum Library, Istanbul | H.2160 fol. 14a | source | Public domain | Siyah Qalem; İpşiroğlu, Mazhar Şevket (1985) Bozkır Rüzgarı Siyah Kalem. Topkapı Sarayı Müzesi Kitaplığında Bulunan Üstad Mehmet Siyah Kalem'in Resimlerinin Tıpkı Basımı, Istanbul: Ada Yayınları, after p. 40, fig. 5 via Imago, Humboldt-Universität Berlin, Institut für Kunst- und Bildgeschic |
| C123 | Dervish, f. 41v of the Ya'qub Beg Album | Topkapı Palace Museum Library, Istanbul | H.2160 fol. 41b (41v) | source | CC BY 4.0 | Unknown authorUnknown author; https://id.lib.harvard.edu/images/olvwork420693/urn-3:FHCL:33727495/catalog Courtesy Special Collections, Harvard Fine Arts Library |
| C125 | Four Sleepers | Topkapı Palace Museum Library, Istanbul | H.2160 fol. 48b | source | Public domain | Topkapı Sarayı Album Hazine 2160; https://i.pinimg.com/originals/12/e8/30/12e8302ddd2e5d5b2d48c137cdd4f62f.png |
| C126 | Bir kıvrılan kedi | Topkapı Palace Museum Library, Istanbul | H.2160 fol. 55b (Commons/Harvard); 66b (Lei) | source | CC BY 4.0 | Unknown authorUnknown author; Courtesy Special Collections, Harvard Fine Arts Library https://id.lib.harvard.edu/images/olvwork420693/urn-3:FHCL:37699119/catalog |
| C127 | Goose grooming with butterflies & moths | Topkapı Palace Museum Library, Istanbul | H.2160 fol. 73b (73v) | source | CC BY 4.0 | Unknown authorUnknown author; Courtesy Special Collections, Harvard Fine Arts Library https://id.lib.harvard.edu/images/olvwork420693/urn-3:FHCL:37698988/catalog |
| C129 | Seated Mongol Ruler with Attendants Viewing a Parade of Animals, three framed fragments of a black pen scroll | Topkapı Palace Museum Library, Istanbul | H.2160 fol. 76b (76v); Commons copies also give 70r and 167v | source | Public domain | End-14th, early 15th century artist; This image has been extracted from another file |
| C131 | Mounted hunters with falcons and a spotted cheetah [desc.] | Topkapı Palace Museum Library, Istanbul | H.2160 fol. 84a | source | Public domain | 15th century artist; [1] |
| C132 | Two figures, one dark-skinned in a red hood [desc.] | Topkapı Palace Museum Library, Istanbul | H.2160 fol. 89a | source | Public domain | Siyah Qalem; İpşiroğlu, Mazhar Şevket (1985) Bozkır Rüzgarı Siyah Kalem. Topkapı Sarayı Müzesi Kitaplığında Bulunan Üstad Mehmet Siyah Kalem'in Resimlerinin Tıpkı Basımı, Istanbul: Ada Yayınları, after p. 40, fig. 25 via Imago, Humboldt-Universität Berlin, Institut für Kunst- und Bildgeschi |
| C134 | Lady with a fan | Topkapı Palace Museum Library, Istanbul | H.2160 fol. folio not stated | source | CC BY 4.0 | Unknown authorUnknown author; https://id.lib.harvard.edu/images/olvwork420693/urn-3:FHCL:37873019/catalog Courtesy Special Collections, Harvard Fine Arts Library |
| C135 | Album page in the Style of 'Muhammad Siyah Qalam' | Khalili Collection of Islamic Art, London | MSS 1065 fol. single album page | source | CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO | Khalili Collections; Khalili Collections |
| C136 | Album page in the Style of 'Muhammad Siyah Qalam' | Khalili Collection of Islamic Art, London | MSS 1075 fol. single album page | source | CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO | Khalili Collections; Khalili Collections |
| C137 | Two demons, fettered | Freer Gallery of Art (National Museum of Asian Art), Washington, DC | F1937.25 fol. single sheet | source | Public domain | artist unknown; Google Arts & Culture — eAER3X0-9Dj_fg |
| C139 | Four Captive Demons | The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York | 68.175 fol. single sheet | source | CC0 | The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1968 |
| C140 | Two Lohans | The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York | 68.48 fol. single sheet | source | CC0 | The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Rogers Fund, 1968 |
| C141 | Wine Drinking in a Spring Garden | The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York | 57.51.24 fol. single sheet | source | CC0 | The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Cora Timken Burnett Collection of Persian Miniatures and Other Persian Art Objects, Bequest of Cora Timken Burnett, 1956 |
| C142 | Demon in chains | Cleveland Museum of Art | 1982.63 fol. single sheet | source | CC0 | The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund |
| C145 | Chinese Lady with a Fan | Los Angeles County Museum of Art | M.73.5.587 fol. single sheet | source | Public domain | Los Angeles County Museum of Art (public domain) |
| C146 | Birds and Beasts in a Flowery Landscape | Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City | 43-6/2 fol. single sheet | source | Public domain | Master Muhammad Siyah Qalam 1469-1525 Details on Google Art Project; DwFC2Cht2D314Q at Google Cultural Institute maximum zoom level |
| C154 | Animals in a flowering landscape (upper sheet of "Siyah Qalam Folio 8 Recto") [desc.] | Holder not stated (Commons files without collection data) | possibly TSMK H.2153 f. 8 (file: "Reverse of Folio 8") fol. not stated | source | Public domain | Unknown authorUnknown author; https://www.pinterest.com/pin/503277327083880900/ |
| C156 | Interlocking animals | Holder not stated (Commons files without collection data) | not stated fol. not stated | source | CC BY-SA 4.0 | Dosseman; Own work |
| C157 | Boars | Holder not stated (Commons files without collection data) | not stated fol. not stated | source | Public domain | Unknown authorUnknown author; http://www.spongobongo.com/EKOM46ra.htm |
| C158 | Dragon fight | Holder not stated (Commons files without collection data) | not stated fol. not stated | source | CC BY-SA 4.0 | Dosseman; Own work |
| C167 | The Singer Ibrahim and the Jinn | Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin (Diez albums) | Diez A fol. 71 fol. p. 11, no. 2 | source | Public domain | Unknown authorUnknown author; https://digital.staatsbibliothek-berlin.de/werkansicht?PPN=PPN635104741&PHYSID=PHYS_0021&DMDID=DMDLOG_0021&view=picture-download |
External references
- İpşiroğlu, Mazhar Ş., and Sabahattin Eyüboğlu. Fatih Albümüne Bir Bakış. Istanbul: İstanbul Üniversitesi Edebiyat Fakültesi Yayınları, 1954. (Pre-ISBN; cited via Ramazan Can and Evren Karayel Gökkaya.)
- Omidsalar, Mahmoud. “Dīv.” Encyclopaedia Iranica, vol. VII, fasc. 4 (1995; updated 2013), pp. 428–431. iranicaonline.org/articles/div
- Weis, Friederike. “Siyāh Qalam: Independent Black Ink Drawings in the Diez and Istanbul Albums.” Beiträge zur Islamischen Kunst und Archäologie 7 (Wiesbaden: Reichert, 2021), pp. 193–205. doi:10.29091/9783954905478/014; author’s upload: academia.edu
- Irak, Medine. “Biçim ve anlam bütünlüğü bağlamında Mehmed Siyah Kalem resmi.” IJCA (2018). dergipark.org.tr
- White, James. “Satire in the Paintings of ‘Mohammad-e Siāh Qalam’.” Iranian Studies 51/2 (2018), pp. 213–243. doi:10.1080/00210862.2017.1374831
- Sotheby’s. “A drawing of two wolves, style of Muhammad Siyah Qalam, probably Tabriz, late 15th century,” lot 146, catalogue note, London, 2024. sothebys.com
- Işın, Ekrem. “Şölen ve Büyü / Mehmed Siyah Kalem’in Gizemli Dünyası.” In M. Haydaroğlu, V. Taylor-Saçlıoğlu and M. Işın, eds., Ben Mehmed Siyah Kalem: İnsanlar ve Cinlerin Ustası. Istanbul: Yapı Kredi Yayınları, 2004. ISBN 978-975-08-0847-0. Open Library
- Gonnella, Julia, Friederike Weis and Christoph Rauch, eds. The Diez Albums: Contexts and Contents. Leiden and Boston: Brill, 2016. ISBN 978-90-04-32155-7 (hb), 978-90-04-32348-3 (e-book). doi:10.1163/9789004323483
