Timoor Daghistani (born 4 January 1949,

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ian ambassador to the

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Biography

Son of Major-

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Ghazi al-Daghistani, CVO, former

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to King

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, and paternal grandson of Fieldmarshal Muhammad Fadhil al-Daghistani.

Education

* Bethany School, Goudhurst, Kent. * Staff College, Camberley. * Royal Military Academy Sandhurst.

Career

* 2nd-Lieutenant of the Jordan Arab Army. * Director of Training Armoured Corps. * Assistant Military

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(1980-1983) etired 1986 * Assistant Director of the Information Bureau,

(1986-1993). * Ambassador to

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(1994-1999). * Ambassador at the Court of St James's (since 1999). His military grade is

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Personal life

He was married to

Princess Basma bint Talal Princess Basma bint Talal (born 11 May 1951) is the only daughter of King Talal and Queen Zein of Jordan, sister of Hussein of Jordan and paternal aunt to the current king, King Abdullah II. Background Basma's father became King of Jordan t ...

of Jordan in Amman, on 2 April 1970 and had two children together: * Farah Daghistani (born 25 March 1972), married 23 September 2004 Saud Abdul Aziz Suleiman. * Ghazi Daghistani (born 21 July 1974), married on 7 September 2006 Samanta Mahdi Saifi. In the late 1970s, they divorced and Basma went on to marry

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Walid al-Kurdi on 14 April 1980.

Honours

* Order of the Jordanian Star 1st Class * Order of Al Istiqlal 1st Class

Foreign Honours

* Honorary Knight Grand Cross of the

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CVO(United Kingdom, 6.11.2001). * Member of the Royal Order of the Intare (Rwanda). * Order of the Sacred Treasure !st Class (Japan). * Al Merito Civil 1st Class (Spain). * Military order of St George 3rd Class (Tonga)

References

External links

Official website of the Jordanian Embassy to the United Kingdom
1949 births Jordanian diplomats Ambassadors of Jordan to the United Kingdom Honorary Knights Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order Graduates of the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst Living people Ambassadors of Jordan to Spain {{Jordan-politician-stub