Article 3

To repay the openheartedness of Ibrahim Khan of Shusha and Qarabagh to recognize the supreme and sole power of All Russia’s Emperor over himself and his successors, this article states that he, the Khan and later his elder son and each elder successor when accepting the Khanate has the right to receive the Emperor’s confirmation on the Khanate from the Governor of Georgia.

It consists of the deed, official state seal. While receiving it, the new Khan is to take the oath to be faithful to the Russian Empire and to recognize the supreme and sole power of the Russian Emperor over himself and his successors. The form of the oath is attached to this Treaty. The present Ibrahim Khan of Shusha and Qarabagh took the oath in presence of the Governor of Georgia and General of Infantry Prince Tsitsianov.

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