Timoor Daghistani (born 4 January 1949, Baghdad) served as the Jordanian ambassador to the United Kingdom.

Biography

Son of Major-General Ghazi al-Daghistani, CVO, former ADC to King Faisal II of Iraq, and paternal grandson of Fieldmarshal Muhammad Fadhil al-Daghistani.

Education

Career

His military grade is Colonel.

Personal life

He was married to Princess Basma bint Talal 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 Sayyid 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 Royal Victorian Order [GCVO] (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


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