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| Born | 11 May 1951 Amman, Jordan | ||||
| Spouse | Timoor Daghistani (m. 1970; div. 197?) Walid al-Kurdi (m. 1980) | ||||
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| House | Hashemite | ||||
| Father | Talal of Jordan | ||||
| Mother | Zein al-Sharaf | ||||
| Religion | Islam | ||||
Princess Basma bint Talal (born 11 May 1951) is the only surviving daughter of King Talal and Queen Zein of Jordan, sister of Hussein of Jordan and paternal aunt to the current king, King Abdullah II.
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.
In 2001, she was awarded a DPhil degree by Oxford University for a thesis entitled Contextualising development in Jordan: the arena of donors, state and NGOs.
Basma first married Colonel Timoor Daghistani in Amman on 2 April 1970. They had two children: Farah Daghistani and Ghazi Daghistani. In the late 1970s they were divorced. Basma went on to marry Walid al-Kurdi in Amman on 14 April 1980, and they also had two children: Saad al-Kurdi and Zein Al-Sharaf al-Kurdi.
Since the late 1970s, Basma has worked to promote human development, gender equity and children's charities. Through forums that include the United Nations she contributes to the global debates on health, education, population and the environment.
Jordan: Knight Grand Cordon of the Supreme Order of the Renaissance, Special Class [3] 
Austria: Grand Cross of the Order for Services to the Republic of Austria [3] 
Brunei: Knight Grand Cross with Collar of the Order of the Most Esteemed Family Order of Brunei, Special Class [3] 
Iranian Imperial Family: Recipient of the Commemorative Medal of the 2,500-year Celebration of the Persian Empire [4] 
Japan: Paulownia Dame Grand Cordon of the Order of the Precious Crown [3] 
Spain: Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Isabella the Catholic [3] [5] 
Sweden: Member Grand Cross of the Royal Order of the Polar Star [3] Jordan: Honorary Person for the International Year of Volunteers plus 10 - 2001 [3] 
Indonesia: Honorary Degree of Doctor of Laws of the As-Syafiiyah Islamic University [3] [6] Japan: Dr. Jushichiro Naito International Childcare Award [3] 
United Kingdom 
England 
Reading: Honorary Degree of Doctor of Laws of the University of Reading [3] [7] [8] 
Oxford: Honorary Fellow of Pembroke College [3] [9] 
Scotland 
Edinburgh: Honorary Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh [3] 
United Nations: Woman of the Year 1995 of the Arab Regional Preparatory Meeting for the Fourth World Conference on Women [3] 
United States 
Massachusetts 
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