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{{Short description|Jordanian prince (1940–2021)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2020}}
{{Sources|date=April 2011}}
{{Infobox royalty
| name         = Muhammad bin Talal<br/>محمد بن طلال
| image        = Muhammad bin Talal.png
| caption      = 
| succession   = [[Crown Prince of Jordan]]
| reign        = 11 August 1952 – 30 January 1962
| reign-type   = Tenure
| coronation   = [[Hussein of Jordan|Hussein bin Talal]]
| cor-type     = Monarch
| predecessor  = Hussein bin Talal
| successor    = [[Abdullah II bin  Hussein|Abdullah bin Hussein]]
| spouse       = {{plainlist|
* {{marriage|[[Firyal Irshaid]]|1964|1978|end=div}}
* {{marriage|Taghrid Majali<br>|1981}}
}}
| issue        = {{plainlist|
*[[Prince Talal bin Muhammad|Prince Talal]]
*[[Prince Ghazi bin Muhammad|Prince Ghazi]]
}}
| full name    = Muhammad bin Talal bin Abdullah bin Hussein
| house        = [[Hashemite]]
| father       = [[Talal of Jordan]]
| mother       = [[Zein al-Sharaf bint Jamil|Zein al-Sharaf]]
| birth_date   = {{Birth date|1940|10|2|df=y}}
| birth_place  = [[Amman]], [[Emirate of Transjordan]]
| death_date   = {{Death date and age|2021|4|29|1940|10|2|df=y}}
| death_place  = Amman, [[Jordan]]
| religion     = [[Islam]]
}}
'''Prince Muhammad bin Talal''' (2 October 1940 – 29 April 2021) was a member of the Jordanian royal family. He was the second son of [[King Talal of Jordan]] and the younger brother of [[King Hussein of Jordan]].<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.vanityfair.com/online/daily/2009/08/sons-of-an-ailing-lionel-pincus-take-his-princess-to-court.html|title=Lionel Pincus's Sons Take Their Father's Princess to Court|date=6 August 2009|magazine=Vanity Fair|access-date=1 May 2011|archive-date=28 February 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100228104611/http://www.vanityfair.com/online/daily/2009/08/sons-of-an-ailing-lionel-pincus-take-his-princess-to-court.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> He was heir-presumptive to the throne from his elder brother's accession in 1952, until the birth of his nephew ([[Abdullah II of Jordan|Abdullah]]) in 1962.

==Education==
Prince Muhammad completed his primary schooling at the Islamic Scientific College in [[Amman]] and then attended the [[Collège Alpin International Beau Soleil]] in Switzerland. He then went to [[Bryanston School]], Dorset, in the United Kingdom where he finished his secondary education. Between 1956 and 1957 he attended the Military Academy in [[Baghdad]].<ref name=jordantimes>{{cite web |url=http://jordantimes.com/prince-mohammad-turns-73 |title=Prince Mohammad turns 73 |work=The Jordan Times|date=1 October 2013 |access-date=13 November 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131003121729/http://jordantimes.com/prince-mohammad-turns-73 |archive-date=3 October 2013}}</ref> In 1960 he earned his private pilot's license.

==Career==
{{Jordanian Royal Family}}
Upon his return to Jordan in 1958, Prince Muhammad joined the Jordan Arab Army and served in the first Royal Guard Regiment before becoming Aide de Camp to [[Hussein of Jordan|King Hussein]]. Prince Muhammad was made [[Crown Prince]] of Jordan in 1952 when his elder brother Crown Prince Hussein became king.<ref name=mar1sep>{{cite news|last=Shahin|first=Mariam|title=The man who would be king|url=http://www.thefreelibrary.com/THE+MAN+WHO+WOULD+BE+KING.-a062926626|access-date=29 June 2013|newspaper=The Middle East|date=1 September 1998}}</ref> He held the post until 1962.<ref name=mar1sep/><ref name=jordantimes/>

In 1971, he was appointed head of the council of tribal chiefs by King Hussein. In 1973, a royal decree invested him as the personal representative of King Hussein.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kinghussein.gov.jo/royal_offices.html|title=The Royal Court Offices|publisher=King Hussein I|access-date=1 May 2011}}</ref><ref name=jordantimes/> He then headed the supreme committee for tourism in Jordan. He also served as regent and as head of the regency council on numerous occasions in the absence of the King. He held the honorary rank of full general in the [[Jordanian Armed Forces]] as well as many high decorations from Jordan and other countries.<ref name=jordantimes/>

==Personal life and death==
Prince Muhammad was born in Amman on 2 October 1940.<ref name="ArabNews421" /> He first married [[Firyal Irshaid]] in 1964. They had two sons: [[Prince Talal bin Muhammad|Prince Talal]] (born 26 July 1965) and [[Prince Ghazi bin Muhammad|Prince Ghazi]] (born 15 October 1966). Their marriage ended in divorce.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kinghussein.gov.jo/rfamily_immediate.html|title=The Hashemite Royal Family|publisher=The Office of King Hussein|accessdate=4 September 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190406191800/http://www.kinghussein.gov.jo/rfamily_immediate.html|archive-date=6 April 2019|url-status=dead}}</ref> In 1981 he married his second wife Taghrid Majali, daughter of [[Hazza' al-Majali]]  
a two time [[Prime Minister of Jordan]] who was assassinated in 1959 while in office.<ref name=jordantimes/>

Prince Muhammad died on 29 April 2021 in Amman at the age of 80.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.almamlakatv.com/news/62119-%D9%88%D9%81%D8%A7%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A3%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%B1-%D9%85%D8%AD%D9%85%D8%AF-%D8%A8%D9%86-%D8%B7%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%84 |title=وفاة الأمير محمد بن طلال |website=almamlakatv.com |language=Arabic |date=29 April 2021 }}</ref><ref name="ArabNews421">{{cite web |title=Prince Muhammad bin Talal of Jordan passes away aged 80 |url=https://www.arabnews.com/node/1851186/middle-east |website=Arab News |access-date=30 April 2021 |date=29 April 2021}}</ref>

==Honours==
===National honours===
*Grand Cordon of the [[Order of al-Hussein bin Ali]] with Collar of Jordan
*Grand Cordon of the [[Supreme Order of the Renaissance]] (special class) of Jordan
*Grand Cordon of the [[Order of Independence (Jordan)]]
*Grand Cordon of the [[Order of the Star of Jordan]]
*Long Service Medal
*Good Conduct Medal
*King Hussein Silver Jubilee Medal-1977
*1967–1971 Service Medal-1971
*Honorary President of the [[Royal Jordanian Chess Federation]]
*Honorary President of the [[Jordanian Shooting Federation]]
*Honorary President of the British Federation of Kyokushinkai Karate holding a first Dan and honorary fifth Dan in that martial art.

===Foreign honours===
* {{Flag|Denmark}} : Grand Cross of the [[Order of the Dannebrog]] – 27 April 1998
* {{Flag|Ethiopian Empire}} : Grand Cross of the [[Order of the Queen of Sheba]]
* {{Flag|France}} : Grand Cross of the [[National Order of Merit (France)|Order of National Merit]]
* {{Flag|Italy}} : Grand Cross of the [[Order of Merit of the Republic]] – 26 November 1983<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.quirinale.it/elementi/DettaglioOnorificenze.aspx?decorato=15712 |title=S.A.R. Mohammad Principe di Giordania |website=Quirinale |language=Italian }}</ref>
* {{Flag|Japan}} : Grand Cordon of the [[Order of the Rising Sun]] – 1978
* {{Flag|Malaysia}} : Honorary Grand Commander of the [[Order of the Defender of the Realm]] – 24 April 1965<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://www.istiadat.gov.my/v8/images/stories/1965.pdf|title=Senarai Penuh Penerima Darjah Kebesaran, Bintang dan Pingat Persekutuan Tahun 1965.}}</ref>
* {{Flag|Morocco}} : Grand Cordon of the [[Order of Muhammad]] – 1950
* {{Flag|Saudi Arabia}} : Grand Cordon of the [[Order of Abdulaziz al Saud]]
* {{Flag|Taiwan}} : Grand Cordon of the [[Order of Brilliant Star]]
* {{Flag|United Kingdom}} : Honorary [[Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order]] (GCVO) – 27 March 1984

==References==
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