Timoor Daghistani
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Timoor Daghistani (born 4 January 1949, Baghdad) served as the Jordanian ambassador to the United Kingdom.
Biography
[edit]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
[edit]Career
[edit]- 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.[citation needed]
Personal life
[edit]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
[edit]- Order of the Jordanian Star 1st Class
- Order of Independence 1st Class
Foreign Honours
[edit]- Honorary Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order [GCVO] (United Kingdom, 6.11.2001).[citation needed]
- 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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- Recipients of the Order of Independence (Jordan)
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