Treaty of Belgrade (1739)

Holy Roman Empire and the Ottoman Empire

September 18, 1739
The good offices employed to smooth over the disputes that arose between Her
Most Serene and Powerful Highness Princess Anne, Autocratrix of the Russians, and
the Sublime Porte having been vain, with the unfortunate result that the peace
which had so fortunately been signed between the two Empires at Passarowitz on
22nd July of the year 1718 was prematurely breached, bringing great ruin upon
peoples and countries, and that a harsh and deadly war broke out between, on the
one hand, The Most August and Powerful Prince Charles VI, elected ever August
Holy Roman Emperor, etc. etc.and on the other, His Most Serene and Powerful
Highness, Prince Sultan Mahmoud Khan, Emperor of the Ottomans, Asia and
Greece; not only had negotiations been entered into during the time that the war
was threatening to reconcile the parties and avoid subsequent shedding of human
blood, but they also continued after the rupture of the Congress of Niemirow, and
the work of peace that had previously begun, by the mercy of God and the
mediation of His Most Serene and Powerful Highness, Prince Louis XV, most
Christian King of the Gauls, was successfully concluded. And, as the most renowned
and excellent Seigneur Louis Sauveur, Marquis de Villeneuve, Councillor of State to
his most Christian Majesty, his Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the
Ottoman Porte had acted as Plenipotentiary for His Holy, Imperial and Royal
Majesty, from the commencement of the negotiations, matters progressed so far
that His Holy, Imperial and Royal Majesty, prompted by a desire to restore peace as
quickly as possible, empowered the most renowned and excellent Seigneur, Comte
de Neuperg, present Chamberlain to His Imperial Majesty, General of artillery,
Colonel of an infantry regiment, and Acting Governor of the Duchies of Luxemburg,
County of Chigni and Bannat of Temesvar, to conclude peace with the Ottoman
Empire. Comte de Neuperg, thus empowered, went to the Turkish camp outside
Belgrade and with the consent of the supreme Vizier of the Ottoman Empire, the
most excellent Seigneur Elvias Mahomet, Bacha, conferred several times with the
most honorable Seigneur Ali, Bacha of Bosnia,ci-devant supreme Vizier, presently
Seraskier of the Ottoman army, and Seigneur Ali, Bacha of Romlie in the French
Ambassador's tent. At these meetings Hassan, Janissary Aga, and all the chiefs of
the orders of the militia, infantry and cavalry with the most honorable Kadieesker
Essad Efendi, Mustafa Reis-Efendi, Baghil Mehemed, Mektouptchi Atif Mustafa,
Defterdai, and the other leading Ministers of the Ottoman Empire spoke of some of
the preliminary articles of the peace Treaty that were signed on the first of this
month of September by the most renowned and excellent Comte de Neuperg on the
one hand and the Supreme Vizier of the Ottoman Empire on the other, with, at the
request of both parties, the mediation and under the guarantee of the most
Christian King. Some of these articles having already been implemented as had
been agreed, all that remained to be done was, in pursuance of the last article, to

settle the solemn and definitive Treaty for these articles within ten days. For this
reason, after further meetings with the above mentioned persons, agreement was
finally reached on the following peace articles in this solemn and final Treaty
between the most renowned and excellent Comte de Neuperg, Plenipotentiary for
the Empire on the one hand and the most magnificent Elvias Mahomed, Bacha,
supreme Vizier of the Ottoman Empire, by virtue of the full and absolute power
invested in this office, with the intervention of the most renowned and excellent
Marquis de Villeneuve, mediator, and under the guarantee of His most Christian
Majesty.
I.
The city of Belgrade, occupied by the Emperor's armies in the year 1717, shall be
evacuated and handed back to the Ottoman Empire together with its original wall
and the existing repairs to the wall and all fortifications that are an integral part of
this wall. The arsenals, powder magazines, barracks and all other buildings in the
said town whether public or belonging to private individuals, shall be the property of
the Ottoman Empire. All other new fortifications, walls and bastions in the city and
castle shall be torn down together with the tunnels and slopes appended to them,
as well as the small forts opposite Belgrade on the banks of the Danube and the
Save, provided that what has hereby been ceded to the Ottoman Porte is not
injured thereby.
II.
Likewise, the fortress of Sabaz called Buyurdlen by the Turks shall be handed back
to the Ottoman Empire in its former state and on the same conditions as those
stipulated for the city of Belgrade. The arms, artillery, rations and all the
ammunition in the said strongholds of Belgrade and Sabaz, all other moveable
effects, warships and all boats on the two rivers belonging to the Holy Roman
Emperor shall remain in his hands; likewise, the Ottoman Empire shall remain
master of everything in Belgrade and Sabaz that had been allotted to it as specified
above.
III.
His Holy, Imperial and Royal Majesty cedes the province of Serbia in which Belgrade
is situated to the Ottoman Porte. The boundaries between the two Empires shall be
the Danube and the Save, and those of Serbia shall on the side near Bosnia be
those decided on in the Carlowitz Treaty.
IV.
His Holy Majesty cedes the whole of Austrian Valachia including the mountains to
the Ottoman Porte. His Majesty also cedes the fort at Perischan in that province,
which was built at His Holy Majesty's expense, provided that it be torn down and
that the Ottoman Porte undertake not to rebuild it.

V.
The island and fortress of Orsova and the fort of Saint Elizabeth shall belong in their
present state to the Ottoman Empire. The Banat of Temesvar shall be the sole
property of the Holy Roman Emperor as far as the borders of the Valachia River,
except for the small plain opposite the island of Orsova and which is surrounded on
one side by the river Czerna which flows down from Mhadia, on the other by the
Danube and by a stream which forms a boundary to Austrian Valachia and, lastly,
by the foothills or Banat opposite Orsova along a line that shall be drawn from one
river to the other while remaining ever equidistant from the said foothills and the
Danube. This plain shall remain the property of the Ottoman Empire, provided that,
if the Turks succeed in diverting the course of the Czerna so that it flows behind and
borders on old Orsova, then old Orsova, having thus become contiguous to, though
not a part of this plain, shall belong to the Ottoman Empire, and naturally the latter
may never fortify it. The Ottoman Porte shall have one year in which to divert the
course of the Czerna, after which time it will forfeit all its rights to old Orsova which
shall remain the property of the Holy Roman Emperor. The fortifications of Mhadia
which, according to the boundaries that have just been determined shall belong to
the Emperor, shall be torn down forthwith by the Turks and may not be rebuilt in
the future by the Imperials. The fortifications along the Danube and the Save whose
demolition has been decreed shall not be rebuilt by the Imperials who shall have
possession of these territories.
VI.
Demolition of the strongholds which has already begun, as agreed in the above
articles, shall proceed without pause, that it may be completed as soon as possible.
In the meantime, the most honorable Pacha, Seraskier of Romlie, with only 500
men has been given special permission to remain in a specified section of the city of
Belgrade. In accordance with the precise stipulation contained in the conclusion of
the preliminary articles, only the Pacha and the officers of his entourage, and no
others may cross the barriers separating their quarters from the rest of the city until
all the fortifications shall have been razed. The same rule shall apply to the
demolition of the Belgrade castle which shall be occupied by Ottoman soldiers only
after all the fortifications that are to be razed down have been demolished and
evacuated.
Moreover, as it has been decreed that, starting from the day the preliminary articles
are signed, all hostilities and contributions shall cease on both sides, orders must be
sent if this has not already been done, so that all slaves taken after the said
signature may be freed without ransom. All Ottoman troops presently scattered
throughout the Banat of Temesvar with the exception of those who are to raze
Mhadia shall leave immediately, and the others shall leave as soon as they have
completed the demolition; all shall refrain from harming or insulting the subjects of
His Imperial Majesty.
VII.

In those places where the banks of the Danube and the Save belong on one side to
the Holy Roman Emperor and on the other to the Ottoman Porte, the water itself
shall be the common property of both nations and may be used for fishing of all
sorts, for watering cattle and any other legitimate purpose, provided however that
the subjects of each nation when fishing do not go further than half way across.
Water mills may be built with the mutual consent of the local governors where they
do not hinder shipping. For their mutual convenience, subjects of both nations may
tow their boats upstream on the opposite side when they are unable to do so from
their own side, and in so doing they shall be not hindered nor shall they have to pay
tolls. Should any islands form in the beds of the Danube or Save rivers, or if there
are any such islands already, they shall belong to that one of the contracting parties
to whose shores they are nearest. This shall be measured by commissaries
appointed under the terms of the following article to settle the boundaries within the
stipulated time. For the convenience of the inhabitants, they may on both sides
build villages in the utmost ends of the territory wherever they please without any
hindrance or exception whatsoever.
VIII.
All boyars (nobles) or others of lesser status, whether Valaques or Moldavians or
other subjects of the Ottoman Empire whatever their rank or station, who have
sided with the Holy Roman Emperor during the war, by virtue of this peace and of
the complete wiping out of the past stipulated therein may, if they so desire, return
to their homes to live in full and peaceful possession of their properties, possessions
and lands just like any other subject. A general amnesty shall also be granted to all
subjects on both sides who, during the war, withheld their allegiance from their
lawful sovereign and went over to the opposite side. They shall be allowed to return
to their former abodes. In particular, the subjects of Serbia and of Banat who during
the war took sides with either the Holy Roman Emperor or the Ottoman Porte shall
be assured that neither their lives nor their possessions shall be taken from them in
punishment.
IX.
All privileges granted to monks and for the freedom to practice the Christian religion
according to the rites of the Roman Catholic Church by the predecessors of the most
exalted Emperor of the Ottomans in his Kingdoms, either by the previous Holy
capitulations or by other imperial decrees, or by special edicts and orders both
before the Treaty of Passarowitz and since, all these privileges and particularly
those which were granted, at the request of the most August Holy Roman Emperor,
to the monks of the order of the Most Sainted Trinity of the ransoming of captives,
his most Serene Highness, Emperor of the Ottomans shall confirm them that they
may be respected in the future, so that the aforementioned monks may freely repair
and restore their churches, carry out their duties as was formerly their wont, and
that no one may disobey the above mentioned capitulations and laws by molesting
or insulting, or by exacting money from these monks or others of any order or
status, but that they may enjoy the Emperor's protection as usual. In addition, the
Ambassador of the most August and powerful Holy Roman Emperor to the Ottoman

Porte may state what shall be entrusted to him in connection with the religion and
the places that Christians visit in the Holy City of Jerusalem and in the other places
where the above mentioned monks have their churches, and to make all the
necessary requests in this connection.
X.
Public slaves taken by both sides during this war and the preceding one who are still
held in public prisons may look forward to their release and may no longer be left in
the misery of captivity without belying the imperial mercy, magnanimity and nobility
but, according to ancient custom, all these captives shall be set free by both sides
within two months of the signing of this treaty. As for the others who are in the
hands of private individuals or Tartars, provided that they profess to the Christian
religion, they shall be free to buy their freedom on payment of a fair and as far as
possible modest ransom. That, if it is not possible to reach a fair agreement with the
captive's master, the judges of the locality shall compound the terms and, if
agreement can still not be reached in this way, the captives shall be freed on
proving either with evidence or by stating under oath that they have paid their
ransom, and the masters of the captives may not, out of greed for greater gain
oppose their ransoming.
When the Ambassador of the Porte, who shall be sent to His Imperial Majesty's
court seeks to secure the deliverance of the captives Ottoman, he shall be assisted
in this by the Ministers and officers of the Holy Roman Emperor provided that these
captives continue to profess the Mohammedan religion. If no one be sent from the
Ottoman Empire to ransom the captives before the said Ambassador, the Imperial
Governors shall be in honor bound to compel the masters to free their Ottoman
captives after it has been proved that the ransom has been paid, and to have them
conducted to the frontier. That this merciful task be executed with equal diligence
by both sides, good offices shall be mutually employed that these unfortunate
beings be treated with humanity until such time as they are released respectively in
the manner described above.
XI.
Merchants of both nations shall trade in the States of both empires freely, safely
and peacefully. All subjects, including merchants, of provinces under the Holy
Roman Emperor, to whatever nation they may belong, may freely enter and leave
the Kingdoms and provinces of the Ottoman Empire, either by land or by sea on
their own vessels with the flag and letters patent of His Imperial Majesty, as is
presently the custom. They may freely buy and sell on payment of the usual dues.
They shall not be molested but on the contrary shall be protected so that the
privileges enjoyed hitherto by other Christians exempted from tribute, in the states
of the Ottoman Empire, notably the French, English and Dutch shall be granted to
merchants subjects of the Holy Roman Emperor, that they may have the same
advantages and securities. Likewise, the subjects, including merchants, of the
Ottoman Empire shall be treated no differently on entering the lands of the most

august Holy Roman Emperor, and when they trade in these lands they shall at all
times be protected and defended.
The Algerians, Tunisians and Tripolitanians and others whom it may be necessary to
command, shall be strictly enjoined in no way to violate henceforth the terms of the
peace or of the capitulations signed separately.
The Dulcingotes on the Adriatic Sea shall also be restrained, together with all the
other subjects of the Ottoman Empire, that henceforth they refrain from piracy,
from overrunning the merchant vessels and harming them. Their boats, frigates and
other ships shall be confiscated from them, and they shall be prevented from
building others, that, whenever these brigands violate the peace capitulations in any
way whatsoever, after obliging them to hand back their prizes, to repair the damage
and to release the captives, they shall be severely punished in accordance with the
strictest laws.
XII.
As for trading with Persia, it has been agreed that subjects of the Holy Roman
Emperor shall, on payment of the dues mentioned in the above article, be allowed
to go along the Danube and through the States of the Grand Seigneur to trade in
Persia. Similarly, Persian merchants, whether they come from the States of the Holy
Roman Empire to Turkey or from Turkey to the States of the said Holy Roman
Emperor, shall not on any pretext be subjected to anything other than the 5% due
and the tax called Rftiy.
XIII.
Although the present peace has been concluded in perfect harmony according to the
above terms, nevertheless, in order that all that has been promised and accepted
concerning the boundaries be fully carried out, both sides shall, within the space of
one month, appoint able, loyal and peaceful commissaries who with a suitable and
peaceful following shall meet at a convenient place of their own choosing that they
may as soon as possible determine and mark out with boundary marks and other
manifest signs the boundaries designated in the preceding articles, that which has
been stipulated on both sides be promptly and conscientiously executed.
XIV.
The boundaries determined by the commissaries in pursuance of the present articles
shall be scrupulously and religiously respected by both parties, that on no pretext
and under no circumstances may they be extended, moved or altered in any way,
and that neither of the contracting parties may exercise or claim any jurisdiction or
authority over the territory of the other beyond the determined boundaries, nor
compel the subjects of the other party to acts of obedience, or to pay any tribute,
either for the past or for the future, or subject them to any other form of annoyance
whatsoever, but that all disagreement should mutually cease.

XV.
To avoid all disputes, differences and disagreements that might subsequently arise
over questions concerning the boundaries, wherever it may be necessary to settle
such matters, an equal number of commissaries shall be promptly chosen on the
respective boundaries, who shall not be difficult men but serious, honest, prudent,
able and peaceable. They shall meet in some suitable place not with armies but with
an equal number of followers, also peaceable men, to listen to each and every
dispute, to discuss them and to settle them amicably. In short, they shall establish
such order that each party shall without equivocation nor pretense restrain its
subjects and force them, on pain of the gravest punishment, to observe the peace
sincerely and at all times. That, should the disputes be such that they could not be
settled by the commissaries, they shall be reported to the two Most August
Emperors that they may find a way of smoothing over the difficulties and ending the
disputes, that this kind of contestation may be settled, as far as possible in a very
short time, that the settlement be in no way neglected nor dragged out over a
period. Similarly, as in the preceding capitulations, duels and mutual challenges to
combat have been forbidden, so shall they be in the future, and any who dare to
engage in single combat shall be severely punished as transgressors of the peace.
XVI.
Hostile incursions and invasions and any insult whether secret or open, devastation
or depopulation of either territory shall be expressly and strictly forbidden. Violators
of this article shall, no matter where they are caught, be immediately imprisoned
and punished without fail, according to the seriousness of their crime, by the judge
of the place where they are arrested. All things stolen shall be diligently sought, and
if found shall be returned in all fairness to those to whom they belong. Captains,
Commanders, and Governors of both parties shall be instructed to administer justice
without exception in this respect, on pain of losing not only their position, but even
their life and honor.
XVII.
Should this Treaty of Peace and Friendship concluded between the two most serene
and powerful Emperors be replaced by enmitythe which may God forbidall
subjects of both Empires, whatever their stations, who are on the rivers or the
borderlands shall be informed thereof, that after settling their debts they may
withdraw to safety far from these frontiers.
XVIII.
It shall henceforth be forbidden to grant asylum or give shelter to evildoers, or to
rebellious and disaffected subjects. Both contracting parties shall be obilged to
punish such people as well as all thieves and brigands who are seized in territories
under their jurisdiction, even if they are subjects of the other party. If they cannot
be captured, the Captains and Governors of the places where they are in hiding
shall be informed and commanded to punish them; that if these officers neglect to

punish this sort of wretch they shall incur their Emperor's displeasure and shall be
relieved of their office, or punished instead of the guilty men. That there may be
greater protection against the daring of these evildoers, neither of the contracting
parties shall be allowed to have what are known as "haydones," or brigands who,
being in no one's pay, live by rapine. These people together with any who may give
them food shall be punished, and even if they promise to mend their ways they
shall not be believed but shall be driven away from the borderlands and transferred
to more distant places.
XIX.
Lest the safety of the borderlands and the peoples' peace be violated, the site which
the Ottoman Porte shall assign as the dwelling place of Michel Czaski and of the
other Hungarians who withdrew their allegiance from the Holy Roman Emperor and
who sought asylum among the Turks during the war, shall be far removed from the
frontier provinces. However, their wives shall be allowed to join them and remain
with them.
XX.
That the present truce and friendship between the two most powerful Emperors be
strengthened and consolidated, each side shall send an Ambassador Extraordinary
who from the time they enter the respective frontiers to the time they return shall
be each welcomed equally and with the appropriate ceremony, shall be each
honored, entertained and attended to. As a token of their mutual friendship they
shall bring a suitable present commensurate with the status of their Emperor; they
shall set off at the same time in the month of May having planned their route that
they may arrive simultaneously, and once they arrive outside Belgrade, they shall
exchange their presents according to the custom established between the two
Empires. Both Ambassadors shall be allowed to request whatever they please in the
respective Imperial Courts.
XXI.
The regulations and manner of the reception, honors and entertainment accorded to
the Ministers sent by each side shall henceforth be that which was customary in
former times, and shall be of equal ceremony and in accordance with the
prerogatives befitting the rank of the envoys. The Emperor's Ambassadors, Envoys
or Residents, together with all members of their household shall be permitted to
dress as they please without hindrance. The Ministers of the Emperor, whether they
are acting in the capacity of Ambassador, or whether they be Envoys, Residents or
charg d'affaires, will enjoy the same immunities and privileges as do the Envoys
and Agents of other Princely friends of the Ottoman Porte, and to stress the
prerogative of the Imperial rank, they shall enjoy all the usual prerogatives in their
most favorable form, they shall be at liberty to have dragomen and to send
messengers. All their people coming from the Court of Vienna to the Porte or
returning to Vienna may come and go in safety, and shall be granted all sorts of
favors that they may journey comfortably.

XXII.
These terms and articles agreed to in the usual form shall be ratified by both
Emperors. The solemn instruments of ratification shall, within the space of one
month from the day of signing or earlier, be mutually exchanged through the most
excellent Ambassador of His Most Christian Majesty to the Ottoman Porte, Mediator
Plenipotentiary, presently residing in the Ottoman camp, and each party strictly
keeping to its promise. Nothing contrary shall be done.
XXIII.
God willing, this truce shall last over a period of twenty-seven consecutive years
from the day on which it is signed. At the expiration of this period or before both
parties may, if they so desire, prolong this peace for a greater number of years.
Thus by free and mutual consent, may all that has been stipulated between the
Majesty of The Most August and Powerful Holy Roman Emperor and the Majesty of
The Most Sublime and Powerful Emperor of the Ottomans and their heirs, Empires
and Kingdoms, on land and on sea, their provinces, cities, towns, subjects and
dependents be scrupulously, religiously and inviolably respected.
May the Governors of both parties, the Generals, Captains, soldiers and all who live
under their authority and protection be solemnly commanded to comply fully with
the above terms, clauses, pacts and articles, and mutually refrain from offending or
molesting one another on any pretext whatsoever in violation of this peace and
friendship. Rather, eschewing all forms of hostility they should encourage friendly
relations but should they contravene this order they shall assuredly be most
severely punished.
That the Khan of Crimea himself and all Tartar nations, whatever they may be called
be compelled to respect the rights of this peace, reconciliation and neighborly
relations, and to abstain from any act of hostility towards the provinces, subjects or
dependents of the Holy Roman Emperor. Should anyone, be he Tartar or other, dare
to do anything contrary to these imperial capitulations or to any one of the articles
of these capitulations, may he be punished with the utmost severity.
May the above peace and the tranquility and safety of the subjects of both Empires
begin as of the day that the preliminaries are signed. May all hostility cease from
that moment, and may the subjects of both parties enjoy complete safety and
tranquility. To this end, and that the hostilities be more promptly brought into
check, may the orders and edicts of peace be sent as soon as possible to be
published by all the Governors at all the frontiers. Moreover, since it takes time for
the news of the peace to spread wherever it is necessary, one month's grace shall
be given, after which period anyone committing an act of hostility shall be liable to
the penalties stipulated above.
Finally, may the peace terms contained in the present articles be observed
inviolably and with the utmost respect. As the most excellent Elvias Mehemed

Pacha, Supreme Vizier of the Ottoman Emperor, by virtue of the full and absolute
power inherent in his office has given a legitimate and valid instrument written in
Turkish and signed by him, we, by virtue of our instructions and authorization, have
delivered the present, written in Latin as a legitimate and valid instrument.
Delivered in the Congress of Belgrade in Serbia, on 18th September, 1739.
(Signed) GUILLAUME RENAUD, Comte de Neuperg
We, Louis Sauveur, Marquis de Villeneuve, Councillor of State and Ambassador
Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Emperor of France, declare that the above
peace Treaty was concluded between the Holy Roman Emperor and the Ottoman
Porte, with the mediation and under the guarantee of the Emperor of France. In
witness whereof, we have personally signed the present articles and affixed to them
our own seal. At the camp of Belgrade, in the tents of Congress, on 18th
September, 1739.
(Signed) VILLENEUVE
The Following is the Deed of Ratification of the Above Treaty by the Holy Roman
Emperor.
Treaty by the Holy Roman Emperor Charles VI, by the Grace of God, elected Holy
Roman Emperor, ever August, etc. We recognize and do hereby declare to all whom
it may concern, on our own behalf and that of our Heirs and successors that, God
having willed it so, the solemn and definitive peace Treaty between, on the one
hand, our Minister Plenipotentiary, delegated with full powers for this purpose and,
on the other, the Grand Vizier of His Most Serene and Powerful Highness Sultan
Mahmoud Khan, Emperor of the Ottomans, by virtue of his office and of the seal
entrusted to him, having also been invested with full powers for this purpose, with
the mediation and guarantee of His Most Serene and Powerful Highness Prince Louis
XV, Most Christian King of the Gauls, after certain preliminary articles concluded on
the first day of this month, has been concluded and signed on this eighteenth day of
the same month, in the congress held for this purpose in the tents near Belgrade, in
the following manner:
[Inserted here is the Peace Treaty]
Desiring to fulfill our commitments regarding the above articles, with the same good
faith as that with which we resolved to negotiate, We do approve the above Treaty
and all the articles contained therein and the terms as We have inserted them here
word for word, for Our part, to Our certain knowledge, with full deliberation and in
the best manner, do ratify and confirm, promising on Our word and honor as
Emperor and King, on Our own behalf and that of Our Heirs and successors, that we
shall sincerely, scrupulously and inviolably adhere to, respect and fulfill each and
every of these terms as long as no act or movement inconsistent with the peace is
undertaken by the other side. We will and decree that Our above mentioned Heirs
and successors be similarly bound to observe and adhere to these terms, and We

thereto commit ourselves and them most strictly, without fraud or deception. In
testimony whereof, We do personally sign the present document and affix Our Great
Seal thereto. Issued in Our city of Vienna on 22nd October, 1739.
(Signed) CHARLES
(and below) JOSEPH, Comte de Harrach
Act of Guarantee of France for the Peace Treaty of Belgrade with Austria, September
18; 1739.
Peace having been concluded and signed today between the Holy Roman Emperor
and the Sublime Porte, with the mediation of the Emperor of France at the request
of the two warring parties, both of whom, desiring equally sincerely all that might
preserve and strengthen the peace, furthermore requested the Emperor of France
to guarantee the implementation of this longed-for Treaty to the conclusion of which
he has so greatly contributed. Whereupon, the Emperor of France, filled with the
same desire to reserve the Public tranquility has willingly consented to an act whose
sole purpose is so beneficial a one, and having furnished us to this effect with full
powers, we the undersigned, Ambassador of the Emperor of France to the Sublime
Porte, acting as mediator for the restoration of the peace, by virtue of our full
powers have and do guarantee for the Holy Roman Emperor and the Sublime Porte
the foregoing Treaty and all the terms therein, in the best form and manner
possible. In witness whereof we have personally signed the present deed and have
affixed to it our own seal, at the same time giving a copy to each of the contracting
parties.
Delivered in the camp of Belgrade under the tents of the Congress this eighteenth
day of September in the year 1739.
(Signed) VILLENEUVE