English: A Map of Iran around January 1756, showing the situation during the post-Afsharid Era

Sources used for the making of this map include: Karim Khan Zand by John Perry

The Persian Gulf: The Rise of the Gulf Arabs, The Pollitics of Trade on the Persian Littoral 1747-1792
Various Encyclopedia Iranica Articles
Travels Through Northern Persia 1770-1774 by Samuel Gottlieb Gmelin and Translated and Annotated by Willem Floor
The Pearl In its' Midst: Herat and the Mapping of Khurasan (15th-19th Centuries) by Christine Noelle-Karimi
an Azeri language book on the Maragheh Khanate
Various books and articles by Yuri Bregel
Willem Floor's article on the Banu Ka'ab
Power struggles and trade in the Gulf 1620-1820 by al-Qasimi, Sultan bin Muhammad
Willem Floor's book on the Hula Arabs
Willem Floor's book on Lengeh
Richard Tapper's book on the Shahsevan
and various other maps and sources