ملف ١٩٢٦/٣٩٣٩ الجزء ٥ "تنقيح معاهدات أيتشيسون: بلاد فارس، وسيستان، وكرمان وبلوشستان الفارسية" [ظ‎‎٦‎٥] (٥٥٨/١٢٤)

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PERSIA—NO. XIX—1882.
Article 2.
British Officer to he present at adjudication of capjured Vessels.
If any merchant vessel under the Persian flag be captured by a British cruk
and taken into a Persian port for adjudication, it shall be the officer of the Briti ^
cruizer making the capture, or some duly authorized officer of the British Govot
ment, who shall be present at such adjudication.
Disposal of condemned Vessels and Slaves found on board.
In the event of the captured merchant vessel being condemned and sold, tl-
proceeds of such sale shall go to the Persian Government, and all slaves foun.
on board such vessel shall be handed over to the British authorities.
Article 3.
Persians engaging in Slave Traffic by Sea to be severely punished.
His Majesty the Shah of Persia agrees to punish severely all Persian subject
or foreigners amenable to Persian jurisdiction who may be found engaging i*
Slave Traffic by sea.
Slaves imported to be manumitted and protected.
And to manumit and guarantee the safety and proper treatment of all slave
illegally imported, that is to say, imported by sea into His Majesty s dominie®
after the signature of the present convention.
Article 4.
Agreement of August 1851 cancelled.
The present convention shall come into operation on the 1 st May 1882. Aft'
the convention shall so have been brought into operation, Article XIII of tl
Treaty between Great Britain and Persia, signed at Paris on the 4th March
(page 20), by which the Agreement entered into by Great Britain and Persia
August 18ol (page 12 ) was renewed, shall be considered as cancelled, except *
any proceeding that may have already been taken or commenced in
thereof.
Article 5.
The ratifications of the present convention shall be exchanged at Tehran wt^
hve months, or sooner if practicable.
Donc at Tehran, in quadruplicate, this 2nd day of the month of March, in 11
year of Our Lord 1882.
Ronald F. Thomson.
Mirza Saeed Khan.