# Rashid Lucman
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{{Short description|Filipino legislator, journalist, World War II guerilla hero (1924–1984)}}
{{Philippine name|al-Rashid|Lucman|ph=muslims}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific_prefix = [The Honorable](/source/The_Honourable)
| name = Rashid Lucman
| image = Haroun al-Rashid Lucman.jpg
| image_size =
| caption = Representative Lucman's official portrait during the [6th Congress](/source/6th_Congress_of_the_Philippines).
| office = Member of the [Philippine House of Representatives](/source/House_of_Representatives_of_the_Philippines) from [Lanao del Sur](/source/Lanao_del_Sur)'s [Lone district](/source/Legislative_districts_of_Lanao_del_Sur)
| term_start = December 30, 1965
| term_end = December 30, 1969
| predecessor = ''Office established''
| successor = Macacuna Dimaporo
| office2 = Deputy Governor of [Lanao](/source/Lanao_(province))
| term_start2 = 1944
| term_end2 = 1949
| predecessor2 =
| successor2 =
| birth_name = Haroun al-Rashid Lucman
| known_for = Sultan of Bayang;
Sultan Paramount of Minsupala
| birth_date = {{birth date|1924|06|23}}
| birth_place = [Bayang](/source/Bayang), [Lanao](/source/Lanao_(province)), [Philippine Islands](/source/Insular_Government_of_the_Philippine_Islands)
| death_date = {{death date and age |1984|07|21|1924|06|23}}
| death_place = [Riyadh](/source/Riyadh), Saudi Arabia
| death_cause =
| occupation = Legislator, journalist, regional leader
| party = [Liberal](/source/Liberal_Party_(Philippines))
| spouse = {{marriage|[Tarhata Alonto](/source/Tarhata_Alonto-Lucman)|1951}} (1st Marriage Bai Linang)
| education =
| parents =
| awards = Honored at the [Bantayog ng mga Bayani](/source/Bantayog_ng_mga_Bayani) wall of remembrance
}}
'''Haroun al-Rashid Lucman''' (June 23, 1924 – July 21, 1984)[{{Cite web |url=http://www.bantayog.org/lucman-haroun-al-rashid/ |title=Martyrs & Heroes: LUCMAN, Haroun Al Rashid |date=2016-05-26 |website=Bantayog ng mga Bayani |language=en-US |access-date=2019-01-24 |archive-date=2019-01-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190124152538/http://www.bantayog.org/lucman-haroun-al-rashid/ |url-status=dead }}] was a [Filipino](/source/Philippines) legislator, journalist, [World War II](/source/World_War_II) [guerilla](/source/guerilla) hero, and an early proponent of [Moro](/source/Moro_(ethnic_group)) independence or autonomy.[{{cite journal|last=Fallon|first=Joseph E.|title=Igorot and Moro National Reemergence|journal=Fourth World Journal|volume=2|issue=1|date=August 1989|pages=17–54 |doi=10.63428/vb4px138 |accessdate=2007-09-05|url=http://www.cwis.org/fwj/21/imnr.html |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20070818181333/http://www.cwis.org/fwj/21/imnr.html |archivedate = 2007-08-18|doi-access=free}}] which later merged with the [Moro National Liberation Front](/source/Moro_National_Liberation_Front).[{{Cite web |last=Cal |first=Ben |date=2010-07-02 |title=Sultan Rashid Lucman honored as modern day hero |url=http://bayanihan.org/2010/07/22/sultan-rashid-lucman-honored-as-modern-day-hero/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20190125112031/http://bayanihan.org/2010/07/22/sultan-rashid-lucman-honored-as-modern-day-hero/ |archive-date=2019-01-25 |access-date=2019-01-24 |website=bayanihan.org}}] Lucman's health began to fail soon after he learned of the [assassination of Ninoy Aquino](/source/Assassination_of_Benigno_Aquino_Jr.), and he died less than a year later in Riyadh in 1984 – before the establishment of the [Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao](/source/Autonomous_Region_in_Muslim_Mindanao) in 1989 under Aquino's widow President [Corazon Aquino](/source/Corazon_Aquino).[{{Cite web |url=https://armm.gov.ph/officials/regional-vice-governor/ |title=Regional Vice Governor |website=ARMM Official Website |language=en-US |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170114034539/https://armm.gov.ph/officials/regional-vice-governor/ |archive-date=2017-01-14 |url-status=live |access-date=2019-01-24}}]
== Career during World War II ==
At the outset of World War II in the Philippines, Lucman fought alongside the US Armed Forces in the Far East (USAFFE).[{{Cite news |url=https://www.philstar.com/nation/2017/05/14/1699882/maranaws-remember-historic-episodes-towns-centennial |title=Maranaws remember historic episodes on town's centennial |last=Unson |first=John |date=2017-05-14 |work=The [Philippine Star](/source/Philippine_Star) |access-date=2019-01-24}}] After the surrender of US forces in the Philippines, Lucman organized the first guerrilla force in [Mindanao](/source/Mindanao), engaging in numerous battles against the [Japanese Imperial forces](/source/Imperial_Japanese_Army).[{{cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2479&dat=20000402&id=P1M1AAAAIBAJ&sjid=ZyUMAAAAIBAJ&pg=2032,892348|title=Marcos order: Destabilize, take Sabah|publisher=Philippine Daily Inquirer|date=2 April 2000|accessdate=19 June 2015}}] The trainees eventually rejected their mission, for reasons that are still debated by historians today. Whatever the reasons behind their objections, all but one of the recruits were killed. The survivor, Jibin Arula, escaped with a gunshot to his leg and was able to tell his story to the press.[{{cite web|url=https://www.rappler.com/newsbreak/24025-jabidah-massacre-merdeka-sabah/|title=Jabidah and Merdeka: The inside story|author1=Marites Dañguilan Vitug|author2=Glenda M. Gloria|publisher=[Rappler](/source/Rappler)|date=18 March 2013|access-date=13 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150913010948/http://www.rappler.com/newsbreak/24025-jabidah-massacre-merdeka-sabah|archive-date=13 September 2015|url-status=live}}] In Lanao del Sur, Domocao Alonto established the Ansar El Islam (Helpers of Islam) along with Sayyid Sharif Capt. Kalingalan Caluang, [Salipada Pendatun](/source/Salipada_Pendatun), Hamid Kamlian, Udtog Matalam, and Atty. Macapantun Abbas Jr. Accordingly, "it is a mass movement for the preservation and development of Islam in the Philippines".
When opposition senator [Benigno Aquino Jr.](/source/Benigno_Aquino_Jr.) came out with an exposé alleging that Marcos was ultimately culpable for Jabidah,[{{cite book|author=Nasser A. Marohomsalic|title=Aristocrats of the Malay Race: A Historic of the Bangsa Moro in the Philippines|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=s3ZwAAAAMAAJ |year=2001 |publisher= N.A. Marohomsalic}}] Lucman called for Congress to begin proceedings to impeach President Marcos.[{{cite web|title=ISLAMIC DIRECTORATE OF THE PHILIPPINES, MANUEL F. PEREA and SECURITIES & EXCHANGE COMMISSION, petitioners, vs. COURT OF APPEALS and IGLESIA NI CRISTO, respondents.|publisher=First Division, Supreme Court, Manila, Republic of the Philippines|date=14 May 1997|accessdate=2007-09-05|url=http://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri1997/may1997/gr_117897_1997.html}}]
== Ninoy Aquino and Moro autonomy discussions ==
In exile, Lucman worked with opposition leader [Benigno Aquino Jr.](/source/Benigno_Aquino_Jr.) Aquino began discussing plans for Moro autonomy with Lucman, as an alternative to full Moro independence.[{{Cite news |title=The last time I saw Ninoy |last=Aquino |first=Corazon C. |date=21 August 2003 |newspaper=Philippine Daily Inquirer |author-link=Corazon Aquino}}]
== Personal life ==
Rashid Lucman was married to [Tarhata Alonto-Lucman](/source/Tarhata_Alonto-Lucman), the daughter of [Alauya Alonto](/source/Alauya_Alonto), the [Maranao](/source/Maranao) Sultan of Ramain.[{{cite news |last1=Umel |first1=Richel |last2=Rosauro |first2=Ryan |title=Lanao del Sur mourns passing of first woman governor |url=https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1400983/lanao-del-sur-mourns-passing-of-first-woman-governor |access-date=28 February 2021 |newspaper=Philippine Daily Inquirer |date=28 February 2021 |language=en}}] She was elected governor of Lanao del Sur in 1971, serving until Marcos removed her from her post in 1975. She lived on for several decades after her husband, eventually dying on February 26, 2021.[
However, Rashid Lucman was first married to Bai Linang Datu-Dacula Lucman, his cousin, with Rashid Lucman’s first born, Bai Nomanayao Lucman Balt. After the death of his first wife, he contracted another marriage with a Syrian woman which started the Kuzbari-Lucman lineage with Rashid Lucman's second born, Bai Rohanifa Monaoray Kuzbari Lucman-Derogongan.
Rashid and Tarhata had seven children, namely: Aminullah, Bai Normalah, Norodin, Aminodin, Salahuddin, Lorraine, and Haroun Alrashid Alonto Lucman Jr.
== Death ==
The shock of Ninoy Aquino's assassination took its toll on Lucman's health, and he died the following year in Riyadh. It was 1984 – before the establishment of the [Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao](/source/Autonomous_Region_in_Muslim_Mindanao) in 1989 under Aquino's widow President [Corazon Aquino](/source/Corazon_Aquino).]