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TREATY lVITH THE SHAH OF PERSIA. Duc. 13, 1856. 709 BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA: A PROCLAMATION. WHEREAS, a treaty between the United States of America and his Dm 1% TQ 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 languages, is, word for word, as follows: In the name of God, the Clement and the Merciful- The President of the United States of North America, and his Majesty, Preamble. as exalted as the planet Saturn; the sovereign to whom the sun serves as a standard; whose splendor and magnitieenee 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 of J einshid; whose magnilicence equals that of Darius; the heir of the crown and throne of the Kayanians, the sublime Emperor of all Persia, being both equally and sincerely desirous of establishing relations of friendship between the two governments, which they wish to strengthen by a treaty of friendship and commerce, reciprocally advantageous and useful to the citizens and subjects of the two high contracting parties, have for this purpose named for their plenipotentiaries-— The President of the United States of North America, Carroll Spence, Negotiators minister resident of the United States near the Sublime Porte; and his Majesty the Emperor of all Persia, his excellency Emin ul Moll: Farr-ukh Khan, ambassador of his imperial Majesty the Shah, decorated with the portrait of the Shah, with the great eordon blue, and bearer of the girdle of diamonds, &c. &e. &c. &e. And the said plenipotentiaries, having exchanged their full powers, which were found to bein proper and due form, have agreed upon the following articles : ARTICLE I. There shall be hereafter- a sincere and constant good un- Sincere sum derstanding between the government and citizens of the United States of °°"St'°‘°t °m"tY' North America and the Persian empire and all Per·sian subjects. Aurrcnn H. The ambassadors or diplomatic agents whom it may please &cA;‘;b3;$Qg:‘Qg, either of the two high contracting parties to send and maintain near the 0,, "mw, of {1,,, other, shall be received and treated, they and all those composing their most favored mtmimions, as the ambassadors and diplomatic agents of the most favored °‘°“‘ nations are received and treated in the two respective countries; and they shall enjoy there in all respects the same prerogatives and immunities. Attrxons III. The citizens and subjects of the two high contracting _CmZ¤¤S;&$· QV parties, travellers, merchants, manufacturers, and others, who may reside in the territory of either country, shall be respected and efficiently pro- tory of the other, tccted by the authorities of the country and their agents, and treated in i° ° P"°**°*“‘l· all respects as the subjects and citizens of the most favored nation are treated. . They may reciprocally bring by land or by sea into either country, and MW ¤¤8=*H° i¤ export from it, all kinds of merchandise and products, and sell, exchange, °°mm°T°°' or buy, and transport them to all places in the territories of either of the high contracting parties. It being, however, understood that the merchants of either nation who shall engage in the internal commerce of either country,