SULTAN HAROUN AL-RASHID LUCMAN

A scion of many principalities in Lanao, Haroun al-Rashid Lucman was born on, 1924 in the Sultanate of Bayang to Datu Makalanggan and Bai Sarabanon Lucman, a royal couple variably descended from founding Ancestor Balindongbusar of Masiu and Ancestor Diwan of Bayang, his mother's father is a royal of Binidiyan from the line of Kadi sa Binidayan,

POSITION

• Sultan of Bayang
• Congressman of Lanao del Sur
• Founder of Bangsamoro Liberation Front
• Sultan of Paramaont of MINSUPALA

He was enthroned as Sultan of Bayang from the line of Datu sa Kalawi on the turned of Nanak, and elected Congressman in the province of Lanao del sur on 1962 - 1970’s,  Haroun al-Rashid Lucman was a Filipino legislator and founder of the Bangsamoro Liberation Front, a Moro separatist group in Mindanao. In 1971, he joined with Senator Mamintal Tamano, Congressman Ali Dimaporo, Congressman Salipada Pendatun, Dean Cesar Adib Majul, Delegate Ahmad Alonto, Commissioner Datu Mama Sinsuat, and Mayor Aminkadra Abubakar to form the Islamic Directorate of the Philippines; the Libyan government donated funds to them to purchase land in Tandang Sora, Quezon City to use for the construction of a mosque.

In 1972, with the declaration of martial law by Ferdinand Marcos, he fled to the Middle East with his family. In 1983, he helped "Ninoy" Aquino circumvent an order from Manila forbidding Aquino the issuance of a passport; Lucman obtained a passport for Aquino with the name "Marcial Bonifacio" ("Marcial" referring to martial law, and "Bonifacio" for Fort Bonifacio, where Aquino had previously been imprisoned). After his death the following year, the Bangsamoro Liberation Front became defunct, marking the end of the leadership of traditional Muslim elites over the Moro independence movements.

On 2006, he was Recognized of Bantayog ng mga bayani foundation as martyr/Hero For his moral valor in fighting for the cause of the Muslim people in Mindanao in particular and the Filipino people in general during the dark years of the Marcos regime; For his courage to seek justice for the victims and survivors of the government sanctioned Jabidah Massacre; For showing munificence to the stranded pilgrims in Mecca, Saudi Arabia using funds from the sale of his 800-hectare plantation in Katipuan, Talayan, Cotabato after the failure of negotiations to avail themselves of government help in the rescue effort; For his unstinting support and bravery in the nationalist cause of the Filipino people here and abroad and for being the “Father of the Islamic Resistance Movement in Mindanao.

The Sultan has two children from his previous marriages, he also married Princess Tarhata Alonto Lucman former Gov. of Lanao del sur, the couple bless with 7 siblings one of them is the former Lanao der sur Vice Governor Normalah Alonto Lucman,

In the Sultanates of Lanao, Haroun Al-Rashid Lucman was recognized and enthroned as (Sultan Paramaont of MINSUPALA). He returned to the graced of Allah on 1984 Those who knew and have benefited from services of the late Sultan/congressman will always have a soft spot for him in their hearth; here was the maranao leader whose brief career in public services.

Edited and rearranged by Datu Acmad (Ontay) Guiling Macagaan D. Abdulmadid