Ad-hoc Divan
The two Ad hoc Divans were legislative{{cn, date=February 2017 and consultative assemblies of the Danubian Principalities (Moldavia and Wallachia), vassals of the Ottoman Empire. They were established by the Great Powers under the Treaty of Paris (1856), Treaty of Paris. By then, the Crimean War had taken the two states out of Russian Empire, Russia's sphere of influence, and had nullified the Moldo-Wallachian ''Regulamentul Organic'' regime. Officially, the two assemblies were provisional replacements for the traditional assemblies, the ''Sfatul boieresc, Sfaturi'' (or ''Divanuri''). The term "divan", is derived from the Ottoman rule, being the name of a high governmental body in a number of Islamic states. The elections for the two Divans confronted two local movements: the Nati ...
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