Timoor Daghistani Explained

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

• 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. They had two children together: Farah Daghistani (born 25 March 1972) and Ghazi Daghistani (born 21 July 1974)

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 [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)

External links

• Official website of the Jordanian Embassy to the United Kingdom