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London, England, 1857-06-13 00:00:00

ARTICLE I.

From the day of the exchange of the ratifications of the
present treaty there shall be perpetual peace and friendship
between her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom
of Great Britain and Ireland on the one part, and his
Majesty the Shah of Persia on the other, as likewise
between their respective successors, dominions, and
subjects.

ARTICLE 11.
Peace being happily concluded between their said
Majesties, it is hereby agreed that the forces of her Majesty
the Queen shall evacuate the Persian territory, subject to
conditions and stipulations hereafter specified.
ARTICLE 111.

The high contracting parties stipulate that all prisoners
taken during the war by either belligerent shall be imme-
di,itely liberated.

ARTICLE IV.
His Majesty the Shah of Persia engages, immediately
on the exchange of the ratifications of this treaty, to publish
a full and complete amnesty, absolving all Persian subjects
who may have in any way been compromised by their
Bac' course with the British forces during the war from
any responsibility for their cunluct in that respect, so that
no pt rsons, of whatever degree, shall be exposed to vexation,
peniecution, or punishment on that account.

ARTICLE V.
His Majesty the Shah of Persia engages further to take
immediate measures for withdrawing from the territory
and city of [lent, and from every other part of Affghan•
istan, the Persian troops and at•.thorities now stationed
Vierein ; such withdrawal to be effected within three months
from the date of the exchange of the ratifications of this
treaty.

ARTICLE N. I.
His Majesty the Shah of Persia agrees relinquish all
claims to sovereignty over the territory and city of Herat
ant the countries of Affghanistan, and never to demand
from the chiefs of Herat, or of the countries of Affghanis-
tan, any marks of obedience, such as the coinage, or " khot-
beh," or tribute.

His
Majesty further engages to abstain hereafter from
all interierence with the internal affairs of Affghanistan.
His Majesty promises to recognise the independence of
Herat, and of the whole of Affghanistan, and never to at.
tempt to interfere with the independence of those States.
In case of differences arising between the Government
of Persia and the countries of Herat and Affghanistan, the
Persian Government engages to refer them for adjustment
to the friendly offices of the British Government, and not
to take up arms unless those friendly offices fail of effect.
The British Government, on their part, engage at all
times to exert their influence with the States of Affghan-
istan to prevent any cause of umbrage being given by them,
or by any of them, to the Persian Government; and the
British Government, when appealed to by the Persian
Government, in the event of difficulties arising, will use
their best endeavours to compose such differences in a
manner just and honourable to Persia.

ARTICLE VII.
In case of any violation of the Persian frontier by any
of the States referred to above, the Persian Government
shall have the right, if due satisfaction is not given, to un-
dertake military operations for the repression and punish•
ment of the aggressors; but it is distinctly understood and
agreed to that any military force of the Shah which may
cross the frontier for the above mentioned purpose shall
retire within its own territory as soon as its object is sc-
coninlishei, and that the exercise of the above menttened
right is not to be made a pretext for the permanent occu-
pation by Persia, or for the annexation to the Persian do-
minions, of any town or portion of the said States.

ARTICLE VIII.
The Persian Government engages to set at liberty with-
out ransom, immediately after the exchange of the ratitica-
ti ins of this treaty, all prisoners taken during the opera-
tiqns of the Persian troops in Affghanistan, and all Affghans
who may be detained either as hostages or as captives on
p ditical grounds in any part of the Persian dominions
1.41, in like manner, be set free, provided that the
Atfgha as, on their part, set at liberty, without ransom, the
Persian prisoners and captives who are in the power of
the Aff4hans.

Commissioners on the part of the two contracting
powers shall, if necessary, be named to carry out the pro-
visions of this article.

ARTICLE IX.
The high contracting parties engage that, in the estab-
lishment and recognition of eonsula-general, consuls, vice-
cousuls, and consular agents, each shall be placed in the
do nmions of the other on the footing of the most favoured
na ion ; and that the treatment of their respective suljects
an I their trade shall a!ao in every respect be placed on the
fo3t ng of the treatment of the subjects and commerce of
the most favoured nation.

ARTICLE X.
Immediately after the ratifications of this treaty have
been exchanged, the British Mission shall return to
Teheran, when the Persian Government agrees to receive
it with the apologies and ceremonies specified in the sepa-
rate note signed this day by the plenipotentiaries of the
high contracting patties.

ARTICLE XI.
The Persian Government engages, within three months
/after the return of the British Mission to Trintran, to
sppoint a commissioner who, in conjunction with a com•