The Washington union., 1857-08-21
BY the President Of the United states OF
America.
. PROCLAMATION

and his Majesty the Shah Of Persia was concluded and
signed by their respective plenipotenaries at Constn
tnope the thirteenth day OF December last which
treaty being in the English and Persian languages is
word for word follows;
In the of God the clement and the merciful---
The President Of the United States OF North America
and his Majesty, as exalted the planet Saturn the
efeign 10 whom the sun serves standard whose
spendor and magnfcence equal to that of the skies
the sublime sovereign the monarch whose armies
numerous the stars whose greatness calls TO mind
that of Jenshd whose magnicence equals that of Da
rus the heir of the crown and throne Of the Kayanans
the sublime Emperor of all Persia being both equally and
sincerely desrous of establishing relations of friendship
between the two governments, which they wish to
strengthen by treaty of friendship and commerce. recp
rocaly advantageous and useful to the citizens and sub
ects Of the two high contracting parties have for this
purpose named for their plenpotentiaries-
The President Of the United States of North America
Carroll Spence minister resident of the United States
the sublime Porte; and his Majesty the Emperor OF all
Persia, his excellency Emn ul Molk Farrukh Khan,
bassador Of his imperial Majesty the Shah decorated with
the portrait Of the Shah with the great Gordon blue and
bearer of the girde of diamonds, &C., &C., &C., &c.
And the said plenipotenares having exchanged their
full powers, which found to be in proper and due
form, have agreed upon the following articles:
ARTICLE /.
There shall be hereafter sincere and constant good
understanding between the and citizens of the
United States of North America and the Persian empire
and all Persian subjects.
The ambassadors or diplomatic agents whom it may
please either of the two high contracting parties to send
and maintain the other shall be received and treat
ed, they and all those composing their missions as the
ambassadors and diplomatic agents of the most favored
nations are received and treated in the two respective
countries and they shall enjoy there in all respects the
same prerogatives and immunties.
ARTICLE III.
The c;fzene and eubacts of the two b;gl
parties travellers merchants manufacturers and Others
who may reside in the territory of either country shall
be respected and efficiently protected by the authorities
Of the country and their agents. and treated i'm all respects
the subjects and citizens of the favored nations
treated.
They may recprocaly bring by land or by sea into
either country and export from it, all kinds Of merchan-
disc and products and sell exchange or buy and trans
port them to all places in the territories of either of the
high contracting parties 1t being however, understood
that the merchants of either nation who shall engage in
the internal commerce of either country shall be govern
ed in respect to such commerce. by the laws of the
try in which such commerce is carried and in
either of the high contracting powers shall hereafter
grant other privileges concerning such internal
to the citizens subjects of other governments the
shall be equally granted to the merchants of either
on engaged in such internal within the terri
tories of the other.
The merchandise imported exported by the respec-
tive citizens subjects of the two high contracting parties
shall not pay in either country, their arrival de-
parure other duties than those which charged in
either of the countries the merchandise products
imported exported by the merchants and subjects of
the most favored nation and exceptional tax, under
any name pretext whatever shall be collected
them in either of the two countries
ARTICLE "
All suits and disputes arising in Persia between Persian
subjects and citizens of the United States shall be carried
before the Persian tribunal to which such matters
usually referred ut the place where consul agent of
the United States may reside and shall be discussed and
decided according to equity in the presence OF an en-
ployee Of the consul agent of the United States
All suits and disputes which may arise in the empire of
Persia between citizens of the United States shall bc
fcrrcd entirely for trial and for adjudication to the con-
sui agent of the United States residing in the province
wherein such suits and disputes may have asen in
the province nearest to it, who shall decide them accord
ing to the laws of the United States.
All suits and disputes occurring in Persia between the
citizens of the United States and the subjects of other
foreign powers shall be tried and adudicated by the in
termedation of their respective consuls agents.
In the United States Persian subjects in all disputes
arising between themselves between them and citizens
of the United States foreigners shall be judged accord
ing TO the rules adopted in the United States respecting
the subjects Of the most favored nation.
Persian subjects residing in the United States, and ct
of the United States residing in Persia SHALL when
charged with criminal Offences be tried and judged in
Persia and the United States in the manner
the subjects and citizens of the most favored nation
siding in either of the aforementioned countries.
In case of citizen subject Of either of the contract
ing parties dying within the territories of the other his
effects shall be delivered up ntegrally to the family
partners business of the deceased and in he has
relations partners his effects in either country shall
be delivered up to the consul or agent of the nation of
which the deceased subject Citizen that he
may dispose of them in accordance with the laws of his
country.
For the protection of their citizens subjects and their
respectively, and in order to facilitate good
md equitable relations between the citizens and subjects
the countries the two high contracting parties
the right to maintain diplomatic agent at either
of government and to each three consuls in
either country those of the United States shall reside at
reheran Bender, Bushr and Tars those of Persia at
New York, and New Orleans.
The consus of the high contracting parties shall re-
,procaly enjoy in the territories of the other where
their residences shall be established the respect prvi
,onsuls of the most favored nation. The diplomatic
agent or consus of the United States shall not protect
secretly publicly the subjects of the Persian govern
ment and they shall suffer departure from the
principles here laid down and agreed to by mutual
sent.
And it is further understood that if any of those
s shall engage in trade they shall be subjected to the
laws and usages to which private individuals of their
nation engaged in commercial pursuits in the place.
ire subjected
And it is also understood by the high contracting par
ties that the diplomatic and consular agents Of the Uni
ted States shall not employ greater number of domes
lies than is allowed by treaty to those of Russia residing
IN Persin.