Timoor Daghistani
Timur (al-)Daghistani (born in Baghdad, on 4 January 1949) 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. (1980-1983) [retired 1986].
- Assistant Director of the Information Bureau, Washington D.C. (1986-1993).
- Ambassador to Spain (1994-1999).
- Ambassador at the Court of St James's (since 1999).
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.
He married Patrice Ann Cline on 5 September 1981, and had two children together:
- Nadia Daghistani (born 1 October 1989). Married 7 November 2019 Ryan Dale.
- Leith Daghistani (born 21 April 1993).
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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)
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