Princess Basma bint Talal
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| Princess Royal of Jordan | |||||
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11 May 1951 Amman, Jordan |
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Colonel Timoor Daghistani (1970-1980) Walid al-Kurdi (1980-present) |
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| Issue | Farah Al Daghistani Ghazi Al Daghistani Saad Al Walid Zein Al Sharaf Al Walid |
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| Father | Talal of Jordan | ||||
| Mother | Zein al-Sharaf Talal | ||||
| Religion | Islam | ||||
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| Basma bint Talal |
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Princess Basma bint Talal of Jordan, (born Amman, Jordan, on 11 May 1951) is the only daughter of King Talal and Queen Zein al-Sharaf Talal, sister of King Hussein of Jordan and paternal aunt to the current King, King Abdullah II. Princess Basma is often considered the equivalent Princess Royal of Jordan.
Basma's father became King of Jordan two months after she was born as a result of the assassination of her grandfather King Abdullah I in Jerusalem. King Talal was forced to abdicate as King for health reasons in 1952, when Basma was one year old. He lived on until 1972. Her mother was Queen Zein (1916–1994). After her father's abdication, her older brother Hussein (1935–1999) ascended the throne, and her mother was Queen Regent until Hussein came of age in 1953.
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Basma was educated at Ahliyyah School for Girls in Amman, then in England at Benenden School (where she was a friend of Princess Anne) and University of Oxford, where she read Modern Languages.
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