Timoor Daghistani

Timoor Daghistani 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

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 Attaché, Washington D.C. .
Assistant Director of the Information Bureau, Washington D.C..
Ambassador to Spain.
Ambassador at the Court of St James's.

His military grade is Colonel.

Personal life

He was married to Princess Basma bint Talal of Jordan in Amman, on 2 April 1970. They had two children together: Farah Daghistani and Ghazi Daghistani
In the late 1970s, they divorced.

Honours

Order of the Jordanian Star 1st Class
Order of Independence 1st Class

Foreign Honours

Honorary Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order .
Member of the Royal Order of the Intare.
Order of the Sacred Treasure !st Class.
Al Merito Civil 1st Class.
Military order of St George 3rd Class