Trade Agreement between Moldavia-Wallachia and Tunisia signed in the Year of Our Lord 1451
Article I
The signing parties shall never banish the merchants of each other, and shall never declare a trade embargo against each other.
Article II
The merchant ships sailing under the flag of Moldavia-Wallachia traversing the waters of the Mediterranean shall be given the full protection of the Tunisian navy as soon as they enter Tunisian waters. Likewise Moldavia-Wallachia shall extend her protection if Tunisian merchants are ever in danger in her waters. Ports of both parties will act as safe harbors and places of sanctuary for the both signing parties’ merchants.
Article III
The merchant ships of both parties may water and take supplies on the islets and ports of the other party without extra tax or tribute.
Article IV
Moldavia shall be allowed to construct contors in the cities of Gafsa, Sfax and Tunis. The merchants of Moldavia shall be allowed to enter these cities freely, without having to pay any taxes or tolls; furthermore, Moldavia shall be granted the right of holding market in these cities freely, with no taxes imposed on them. However, the local guild houses of Moldavia shall pay a preset yearly tax to the Sultanate of Tunisia, the sum of which shall be determined by the local representative of the Sultan and the master of the local contor.
Article V
The Tunisian merchants shall be allowed to construct guild houses and bankhouses in Iasi, Galati, Izmayil and Bucuresti, with having to pay only the 20% of the usual toll, and shall be allowed to hold market in the said cities without tax imposed on them. The Tunisian guildhouses, residences, areas of worship, areas of storage and banking, and other facilities shall be contained in the already built “Moorish Quarters”, currently maintained by the Zayyanid Caliphate. The leaders of the Quarters may apply for the local sovereign’s permission to increase the territory of the ghetto via the usual channels.
Article VI
Tunisian merchants shall be allowed to to travel freely in the states of Moldavia-Wallachia, under the protection of the local sovereign. Letters of this protection shall be distributed in the Moorish Quarters. The tolls imposed on these merchants shall be the 110% of those imposed on local merchants.
Likewise Moldavian merchants shall be at no time taxed more than 110% of the taxes imposed on local merchants and letters of protection especially to reach the inland oasis of Gafsa shall be extended to Moldavian merchants.
[X]Signed on behalf of the Voivode Petru II of Moldavia-Wallachia and for Moldavia-Wallachia, Chancellor Nicolae Iestu of Moldavia
[X]Signed on behalf of Sultan Hajji Amhed Hafsid, Shahin Mujab Samman, representative for Tunisia in Moldavia-Wallachia