Timoor Daghistani

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 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)