ARTICLE III
To prove friendly attitude to the
MAJESTY of All Russia EMPIROR, on behalf of himself
and HIGH SUCCESSORS of IRAN THROWN HIS MAJESTY King
solemnly accepts that the following belong to the
property of Russian Empire: Karabakh khanate and
Yelizavetpol province(former Ganja khanate), the
khanates of Sheki, Shirvan, Derbend, Guba, Baku and
Talish (territories under Russian Empire), Dagestan,
Georgia (together with the province of Shuragol),
Imperiya, Guriya, MIngrelia and Abkhaziya, and all
the properties and lands between established
Caucasus line borderline (with people and lands
related with the Caspian).
ARTICLE IV
To express friendship attitude to
HIS MAJESTY Shah of Iran and to confirm his wish
about stable autocracy and sovereign government in
Iran- his neighbor, HIS MAJESTY the EMPIROR of All
Russia, on behalf of himself and his successors,
promises to render a Successor, till he is appointed
the heir of the state by the King, necessary
assistance that no foreign forces could interfere
the State Affairs of Iran and that the Iran palace
could strengthen with help of Supreme Russia Palace.
If there is any conflict appears among the sons of
the King on the State Affairs of Iran, the Empire of
Russia will not interfere until the call of the King
at the power.
ARTICLE V
Russian trade ships of preserve
the right to sail near the Caspian shore and to moor
them and Iran will help Russia in shipwreck. Iran
shares the same rights. As to public vessels, they
sailed under Russia's flag before the war and during
the peace. In the frames of the same respect, Russia
preserves the former right and no other country may
use it flag in the Caspian but Russia.
ARTICLE VI
Hostages of from the both parties,
Christians and the population of other religion are
to be released within three months of the date
Treaty concluded. Each party should supply the
hostages with food and with fare till Garakilsa (the
place where borderline chiefs create mutual relation
for delivery of the hostages). Each escaped by
himself, or escaped violation the law despite of his
nationality, has the freedom to return his
Motherland without any force. The both parties shall
give amnesty to the escaped or pardon them.
ARTICLE VII
In addition to all the
abovementioned HIS MAGESTY THE EMPEROR of All Russia
and the Majesty of King of Iran, demand to mutually
receive Ministers or the Ambassadors of THEIR
Supreme Palaces as deserve their rank and tasks. The
suite of Representative or Consuls appointed for
protection city trade should nor exceed ten person.
As authorized officials, they should have deserved
for their position respect and honor. According to
the Injunction nobody has right to harm them and if
there is any, the citizens of the both parties shall
be fairly judged.
ARTICLE VIII
As to commercial relations
between the citizens, having the written documents
given by the government or appointed officials by it,
which prove that they are the merchants or the
citizens of Russia or Iran, the visit to the both
Supreme States -the parties of the agreement- by
land and through the Sea is free. It is also free to
remain there, to send there merchants, to leave
there without any delay, to send and exchange goods
brought to Iran from Russia and from Russia to Iran.
To clinch possible arguments between the merchants
of the both Supreme States and the claims on their
duties and so on, are looked upon by Consul or
Representative and in the case of their absence to
local official. They shall take fair position,
supply the payment or demand necessary persons to do
that and prevent them from harm and oppression.
The Russian merchants visiting
Iran have free movement to other states having
friendly relations with Iran. For this purpose Iran
has supply those merchants with necessary passport
to supply them free travel. The same process is
applicable to Iran merchants in Russia and its
friends.
If any of Russian citizens
visiting Iran died, all his inheritance and other
properties are delivered to their family or near
relatives. Those relatives have right to sell those
properties for their own profit. Despite of
belonging to any state all this process is
implemented on legal base without concealing and
appropriation of those properties, as regulated in
Russian Empire and other cultural states.
ARTICLE IX
Russian merchants shall only once
pay the custom not more than 0.05% for goods brought
to Iran cities or ports. They shall pay the same
amount of the custom for goods bought in Iran. They
shall not pay any tax, duties or customs under any
ground. Iranian merchants shall also only once pay
the same amount of customs for goods brought to
Russian cities and ports.
ARTICLE X
The merchants of the both States
(the parties of the treaty) are free at shores,
ports or in the bordering cities to sell their goods
and buy or exchange with other goods without
permission from custom office they are subordinated
to or obligators. This aims at free commercial
circulation and at legal duties voluntarily and
constantly to be taken from the seller and the
purchaser for state treasury.
ARTICLE XI
After this treaty signed, the
representatives of the both Supreme States shall
mutually and quickly inform the necessary
information and order to cease the military
operation everywhere.
Composed of two copies (with its
translation to Persian), signed by the
abovementioned Representatives of the Supreme
parties, ratifies with their seal and mutually
exchanged this eternal Peace treaty shall be
re-established and solemnly Ratified by the hands of
his MAJESTY the EMPIROR of All Russia and his
MAJESTY king of Iran.
The ratified copies of the Treaty
shall be mutually delivered from the Supreme Palaces
to the abovementioned Representatives after three
months.
The Treaty was concluded on the
2nd of October eighteen thirteen, by Iran calendar
on the 29th of Shavval in twelve twenty-eight at
Russian armed camp in the village of Gulustan near
the river Zeyva of Karabakh.
