Treaty of Tripoli (English version, 1797)

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United States treaty bilateral treaty peace and friendship treaty

The Treaty of Tripoli (English version, 1797) is an early U.S. diplomatic agreement with a Barbary State, notable for its assertion that the American government is not founded on Christianity and for clarifying relations between the United States and Muslim-majority Tripoli.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Treaty of Tripoli (1797)	2
Treaty of Tripoli (English version, 1797) canonical	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6471106 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Treaty of Tripoli (English version, 1797)
Context triple: [Joel Barlow, wroteText, Treaty of Tripoli (English version, 1797)]

A. Treaty of Tripoli (1805)
The Treaty of Tripoli (1805) was the agreement that ended the First Barbary War between the United States and Tripoli, securing peace and the release of American prisoners in exchange for a reduced tribute.
B. Treaty of 1796
The Treaty of 1796 was an agreement between the United States and the Penobscot people that further defined land cessions and boundaries in what is now Maine during the early post-Revolutionary period.
C. Treaty of Paris (1784)
The Treaty of Paris (1784) was the peace agreement that ended the Fourth Anglo-Dutch War, reshaping Dutch colonial and commercial power in favor of British interests.
D. Treaty of 1799
The Treaty of 1799 was the agreement imposed by the British and their allies on Mysore after Tipu Sultan’s defeat in the Fourth Anglo-Mysore War, leading to major territorial losses and the reorganization of the Mysore kingdom under a British-controlled regime.
E. Jay Treaty
The Jay Treaty was a 1794 agreement between the United States and Great Britain that settled lingering disputes from the American Revolutionary War, averted renewed conflict, and helped normalize trade and diplomatic relations between the two nations.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Treaty of Tripoli (English version, 1797)
Target entity description: The Treaty of Tripoli (English version, 1797) is an early U.S. diplomatic agreement with a Barbary State, notable for its assertion that the American government is not founded on Christianity and for clarifying relations between the United States and Muslim-majority Tripoli.

A. Treaty of Tripoli (1805)
The Treaty of Tripoli (1805) was the agreement that ended the First Barbary War between the United States and Tripoli, securing peace and the release of American prisoners in exchange for a reduced tribute.
B. Treaty of 1796
The Treaty of 1796 was an agreement between the United States and the Penobscot people that further defined land cessions and boundaries in what is now Maine during the early post-Revolutionary period.
C. Treaty of Paris (1784)
The Treaty of Paris (1784) was the peace agreement that ended the Fourth Anglo-Dutch War, reshaping Dutch colonial and commercial power in favor of British interests.
D. Treaty of 1799
The Treaty of 1799 was the agreement imposed by the British and their allies on Mysore after Tipu Sultan’s defeat in the Fourth Anglo-Mysore War, leading to major territorial losses and the reorganization of the Mysore kingdom under a British-controlled regime.
E. Jay Treaty
The Jay Treaty was a 1794 agreement between the United States and Great Britain that settled lingering disputes from the American Revolutionary War, averted renewed conflict, and helped normalize trade and diplomatic relations between the two nations.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (44)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States treaty ⓘ bilateral treaty ⓘ peace and friendship treaty ⓘ
countryInvolved	Tripoli NERFINISHED ⓘ United States of America NERFINISHED ⓘ
dateRatified	1797 ⓘ
dateSigned	1796 ⓘ
hasArticle	Article 11 ⓘ
hasClause	mutual protection of ships and crews ⓘ non-hostility between the parties ⓘ regulation of tribute and presents ⓘ treatment of prisoners and shipwrecked sailors ⓘ
hasFullTitle	Treaty of Peace and Friendship between the United States of America and the Bey and Subjects of Tripoli of Barbary NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasLanguage	English ⓘ
hasOriginalVersionIn	Arabic ⓘ
hasPurpose	to end hostilities between the United States and Tripoli ⓘ to regulate tribute and payments between the United States and Tripoli ⓘ to secure safe passage for American ships in the Mediterranean ⓘ
historicalContext	early American diplomacy with Barbary States ⓘ post-American Revolutionary War period ⓘ
isTranslationOf	Treaty of Tripoli (Arabic version, 1796) NERFINISHED ⓘ
legalStatus	ratified treaty of the United States ⓘ
locationRatified	Philadelphia NERFINISHED ⓘ
locationSigned	Tripoli NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFor	assertion that the Government of the United States is not in any sense founded on the Christian religion ⓘ clarifying relations between the United States and a Muslim-majority Barbary State ⓘ early formal recognition of religious neutrality of the United States government ⓘ provisions for peace and friendship between the United States and Tripoli ⓘ
partOf	Barbary treaties NERFINISHED ⓘ
ratifiedBy	President John Adams NERFINISHED ⓘ United States Senate NERFINISHED ⓘ
relatedTo	Barbary Wars NERFINISHED ⓘ United States foreign policy toward the Barbary States ⓘ history of church–state separation in the United States ⓘ
signatory	Regency of Tripoli NERFINISHED ⓘ United States of America NERFINISHED ⓘ
signedBy	Tripoli NERFINISHED ⓘ United States of America NERFINISHED ⓘ
subject	maritime peace in the Mediterranean Sea ⓘ protection of American commerce from Barbary corsairs ⓘ relations between the United States and Tripoli ⓘ
timePeriod	Early national period of the United States ⓘ
usedAsEvidenceFor	U.S. intention to avoid religious conflict with Muslim-majority states ⓘ secular character of the early United States government ⓘ

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Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Joel Barlow → wroteText → Treaty of Tripoli (English version, 1797) ⓘ

Treaty of Tripoli (1805) → relatedTo → Treaty of Tripoli (English version, 1797) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Treaty of Tripoli (1797)

Treaty of Tripoli (1805) → chronologicallyAfter → Treaty of Tripoli (English version, 1797) ⓘ