The Proclamation of Islaz was the program adopted on June 9, 1848 by Romanian revolutionaries. It was written by Ion Heliade Rădulescu

Ion Heliade Radulescu

Ion Heliade Rădulescu or Ion Heliade was a Wallachian-born Romanian academic, Romantic and Classicist poet, essayist, memoirist, short story writer, newspaper editor and politician...

. On June 11, under pressure from the masses, Domnitor

Domnitor

Domnitor was the official title of the ruler of the United Principalities of Wallachia and Moldavia between 1859 and 1866....

 Gheorghe Bibescu

Gheorghe Bibescu

Gheorghe Bibescu was a hospodar of Wallachia between 1843 and 1848. His rule coincided with the revolutionary tide that culminated in the 1848 Wallachian revolution.-Early political career:...

 was forced to accept the terms of the proclamation and recognise the provisional revolutionary government.

Provisions

The Proclamation of Islaz has the form and value of a constitutional act. Between these 22 provisions are notably:

• The independence of the administration and legisalature.
• Separation of powers.
• Equal rights of the people.
• The election of a responsible domnitor
  Domnitor
  Domnitor was the official title of the ruler of the United Principalities of Wallachia and Moldavia between 1859 and 1866....
  
   for a period of 5 years.
• Reduction of the civil list
  Civil list
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  s of the domnitor
  Domnitor
  Domnitor was the official title of the ruler of the United Principalities of Wallachia and Moldavia between 1859 and 1866....
  
  .
• Emancipation of the Jews and all other compatriots belonging to other rites.
• Emancipation of the Gypsies.
• Equal instruction.
• Creation of a system of prisons.
• Creation of a national guard.

The location of Islaz

Islaz

Islaz is a commune in southern Romania, located in the southwestern Teleorman County, 10 km west of Turnu Măgurele. It is part of the historical province Oltenia, and is composed of two villages, Islaz and Moldoveni....

 (now in Teleorman County

Teleorman County

Teleorman is a county of Romania, in the historical region Muntenia, with its capital city at Alexandria.The name Teleorman is of Cumanic origin. It literally means crazy forest and, by extension, "thick and shadowy forest" in the Cuman language...

, then in Romanaţi County

Romanați County

Romanaṭi was a county in the Kingdom of Romania, in southern Oltenia. The county seat was Caracal.-Administrative organization:Administratively, Romanaṭi County was divided into five districts :# Plasa Câmpu# Plasa Dunărea...

) was a small port on the Danube with some commercial significance, which, unlike the ports of Turnu Măgurele

Turnu Magurele

Turnu Măgurele is a city in Teleorman County, Romania . Developed nearby the site once occupied by the medieval port of Turnu, it is situated north-east of the confluence between the Olt River and the Danube....

, Giurgiu

Giurgiu

Giurgiu is the capital city of Giurgiu County, Romania, in the Greater Wallachia. It is situated amid mud-flats and marshes on the left bank of the Danube facing the Bulgarian city of Rousse on the opposite bank. Three small islands face the city, and a larger one shelters its port, Smarda...

 and Calafat

Calafat

Calafat is a city in Dolj County, Romania, on the river Danube, opposite the Bulgarian city of Vidin, to which it is linked by ferryboat. The construction of the Calafat-Vidin Bridge is planned between the two cities....

, was not under the direct control of the Turks

Ottoman Empire

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.