↑ In tiếng Ba Tư: نیروی قدس Nīrū-ye Qods, or سپاه قدس Sepāh-e Qods ("Qods Corps"). Also transliterated as Qods, Ghods, and al-Quds. From the word al-Quds, meaning Jerusalem and Beit al-Quds. Sometimes abbreviated as IRGC-QF.
↑ Matusitz, Jonathan (2014), “Al-Quds: The Muslim Jerusalem”, Symbolism in Terrorism: Motivation, Communication, and Behavior, Rowman & Littlefield, tr. 117, ISBN978-1442235793