File 1356/1912 Pt 1 'Turco-Persian Frontier:- negotiations at Constantinople.' [‎213r] (435/885)

head of the law, lodge the property, agreeably to the certified inventory which has
been made, for one year in a secure place, until the heir or his legal agent arrives, and
the property is to be given to him in conformity with the inventory, and the keepers
of the property are to receive the customary fee, and if the property should
accidentally be burned or destroyed no demand is to be made. If after a year the
heir or a legal agent should not come, the property which has been deposited in the
Byt-ul-Mal is to be sold, and the proceeds are to be kept until the heir or his legal
agent arrives.
And if a Turkish subject should die in Persia the same course is to be observed.
Article 7.
In order to improve the cordiality of the relations between the two Governments,
agreeably to former stipulations every three years a confidential person is to reside on
the part of the Turkish Government in Persia and on the part of the Persian
Government in Turkey.
Whatever persons during the war have come to the territory of either Govern
ment (meaning deserters) are, in honour of the auspicious treaty, not to suffer any
molestation.
Article 8.
Whatever has been written above is to be agreed to by both Governments as it is
written.
Demands for the restoration of property which has been unlawfully seized, for
injuries, and for the expenses of the war are to be considered by both Governments as
past and gone, and no regard is to be paid to them.
As it was stipulated that envoys should meet on the frontier within tne space of
sixty days from the date of this treaty and deliver the Royal ratifications for both
exalted Courts, in order that peace and cordial relations should be regarded in force
from the date of the above treaty, and that every cause for estrangement should be
extinguished, and that nothing contrary to the rules of friendship or contrary to the
stipulations which have been agreed on should be committed by either Government;
therefore a document in accordance with the agreements and engagements contracted
by both Governments has been delivered at my sublime Court by an envoy on the part
of the exalted King of Persia. According to the ancient customs of this ever-enduring
Government, the honourable and renowned, &c., Grand Vizier, Seyyid Ali Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. , has
given us an explanation of its contents, which we have fully comprehended. It has
pleased our Gracious Majesty to honour it with our approval and dignify it with this
our Royal ratification, and, in order to its completion, we have dispatched the
accountant of Anatoli, Mahmoud ISejub Effendi, to convey it (to Persia).
In conclusion, the stipulations in this treaty shall be perpetually observed,
according as they have been written, by the Shah, the Heir-Apparent, and their
posterity; and on our part, too, this treaty and arrangement for improving the
relations of friendship are to be held in consideration; and hereafter neither by us or
our Royal posterity, our viziers, or the governors of this exalted State will there be a
hair’s-breadth deviation from what has been settled.
May our sublime Throne endure for ever by the glory of the Prophet.
Verse.
For settling the affairs of this world,
No one needs to search behind the curtain of fate;
May friendship which preserves order in this world,
Be, by the grace of God, perpetual.
Translated by:
Justin Sheil.