Arkansas intelligencer., 1858-08-20
TREATY WITH THE SHAH OF PERSIA.
Dec. Is, 1856.
By the President Of the United States Of
America: lE eEs 3.


By the President of the United States o
-s America: aE e.ls
s.o- A PROCLAMATION. ss
Where's, treaty between the Unitec
States Of America and his Majesty the Shah
of Persia, was concluded and signed by their
respective plenipotentiaries at Constantinople
! on the thirteenth day Of December last, which
treaty, being in the English and Persian Ian
guag, ;, is, word for word, as follows:
Ia tue name of God, the Clement and the
/ Mefr,tp1-r
The President ofthe United States of North
America, and his Majesty, as exalted as the
planet Saturn, the sovereign to whom the sun
serves as astandard; whose splsndor and
uagnhcence are equal to that OF the skies;
the sublime sovereign, the monarch whose
armies are as numerous as the stars; whose
greatness calls to mind that ot Jenshid; whose
magnifcence equals that of Darius; the heir
of the crown and throne of the Kayanians,
the sublime Emperor of all Persia, being
both equally aud sincerely desirous of estab-
fishing relations of friendship between the two
governments, which they wish to strengthen
by treaty Of friendship and commerce, re-
ciprocaly advantageous and useful to the
citizens and subjects of the two high contract
ing parties, have for this la.pyso named Tor
their plenipotentiaries-
The President Of the United States of
North America, Carroll Spence, minister res
dent of the United States near the Sublime
Porte; and his Majesty The Emperor Of all
Persia, his excelcncy Emin I'll Molk Farrukh
Khan, ambassador 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. DC. DC.
And the said plenipotentiaries, having ex
changed their full powers, which were found
to be in proper and due form, have agreed
uron the following articles:
ARTICLE 1. There shall be hereafter sin
core and constant good understanding be-
tween the government and citizens of the
United States of North America and the Per
sian empire and all Per.ian subjects.
Article H. The ami sadors OF diplomatic
agents whom it may please either OF the two
high contracting parties to -aD-. and maintain
Ma. t.r .-.cr, shall DC ',,y,I aud treated,
lhey and all those compo~.n. tusir missions,
as the ambassadors and diplomatic agents OF
the most favored nations are received and
treated in the two countles; and they shall
enjoy there in all respect the same preroga
tves and immuntieS
Article III The citizens and sulirc'. :
the two high CONTRACTING rar;!es, 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 in all respects as the subjects and
citizens of the most favored nation are treated
They may reciproca!ly bring by land or
by sea into either country, and report from
it, all kinds of merchandise and products, and
sell, exchange, or buy, and transport them
to all places in the territories OF either of the
high contracting partiee. 1t being, however,
understood that the merchants of either ma
ton who shall engage in the internal com
merce Of ether country, shall be governed, in
respect 10 such commerce, by the laws of the
country Ia which such commerce is carried
Oh; and n case either of the high contracting
powers snail hereafter gran other privileges
concerning such internal commerce to the
citizens subjects Of other governments, the
same shall be equally granted to the mer-
chants OF either natlon engaged in such inter.
nal commerce with the territories of the 9TH
er.
ARTICLE w. The merchandise imported
exported 10y the respective citizens of sub
jects of the two high contracting parties shall
not pay in either country, on their arrival or
departure, other duties than those which are
charged in either of the countries on the mer-
chandiss or products imported or exported
by the merchants and subjects of the most
favored nation, and no exceptional tax, under
any name or pretext whatever, shall be col
lected on them in ether of the two countries
ARTICLE V. All suits and disputes arising
in Persia between Persian subjects and citi-
zens of the United States, shall be carried
before. the Persian tribunal to which such
matters are usually referred ut the place where
a consul or 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 or agent Of the United
States.
All suits and disputes which may arise in
the empire of Persia between citizens of the
United States. and shall be referred entirely
for trial and for adjudication to the consul or
agent of the United States, residing in the
province wherein such suits and disputes may
have arisen, or in the province nearest to it,
who shall decide them according 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
tired ana ady a@,ated by the inteunediation
OF their respective consuis or agents.
In the Uuited States, Persian subjects, in
all disputes arising between themselves, or
between them aud citizens Of the United
States or 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 citizens of the United States re-
siding in Persia, shall, when charged with
criminal offences. be tried and judged in Per-
sia and the unitsd Stafes In The aame man