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- ↑ Perry, John (2016). "Zand Dynasty". Encyclopædia Iranica, online edition. Retrieved 14 October 2018.
- ↑ The young children of Karim Khan Zand were neither designated Shah nor Wakil, but called in Persian sources "Khan", in European sources "King"; cf Perry, Zand Dynasty
- ↑ W. William Bayne Fisher; P. Avery; G. R. G. Hambly; C. Melville (10 October 1991). The Cambridge History of Iran. Vol. VII. Cambridge University Press. p. 93. ISBN 978-0-521-20095-0 . Retrieved 28 July 2013.
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