Popping in to say that as usual we're keeping tabs on map threads. I'd also like to note that you've posted a map without showing any provinces here 
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The David rumsey map collection have plenty of period maps that show the pilgrimage routes if that's what you need. If this region is ever revisited I would likely lean on those maps for a whole bunch of things (they are way later than the start date but I cannot see the caravan routes changing much before the age of rail or oil).
Research in this part of the world is never easy, Fleeting Rain, especially when unfamiliar with naming conventions, or even Arabic or Persian languages (which I guess goes for you, me and most posters on this forum).
Muslim dynastic names are often given from their founders rather than where they are from, this is how we get stuff like the "Ahmad Shahis" over in india, the Ottomans or the Muzzafarids, for instance (all derived from first names). At the same time such distinctions would likely not have been very relevant to the people of the time and thus not to the sources either. The world does not always fit into a neat database
All that said we don't have good data on hormuzian rulers either so the Turanid dynasty name is just for lack of something better.
Hormuz is one of those though cases without proper help or a university library. Luckily I've made some headway on them recently (but not their rulers alas).
Muslim dynastic names are often given from their founders rather than where they are from, this is how we get stuff like the "Ahmad Shahis" over in india, the Ottomans or the Muzzafarids, for instance (all derived from first names). At the same time such distinctions would likely not have been very relevant to the people of the time and thus not to the sources either. The world does not always fit into a neat database
All that said we don't have good data on hormuzian rulers either so the Turanid dynasty name is just for lack of something better.
Hormuz is one of those though cases without proper help or a university library. Luckily I've made some headway on them recently (but not their rulers alas).
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