Tuhia he haere tonu mo tenei waahanga - I whanau ia i Meka hei tamaiti matamua a Abdullah, he kaitohutohu Arapi o Meka i te Paremete Ottoman, me tana wahine a Musbah bint Nasser. Ko Abdullah te tama a Hussein bin Ali, Sharif o Mecca, he kaitiaki tuku iho o nga taone tapu o Mecca me Medina. Ko Sharif Hussein me ana tama i arahi i te Whakatupuranga Nui o Arapi ki te Emepaea Ottoman i te tau 1916; i muri i te whakakore i te ture Ottoman, i whakapumautia e nga tama a Sharif nga rangatiratanga Arapi i te waahi. I whakatuhia e Abdullah te Emirate o Transjordan i te 1921, he Kaitiaki o Ingarangi, ko ia te Emir. I te korenga o Abdullah, i noho a Talal i ona tau o mua anake me tona whaea. I whiwhi a Talal i te maatauranga motuhake i Amman, i muri mai ka uru atu ki te Arapi Arapi o Transjordan hei tuarua tuarua i te 1927. Kātahi ka noho ia hei kaiawhina mō tōna tupuna, ko Sharif Hussein, te tangata i whakahekea.
Kingi o Hejaz, i a ia e whakaraua ana ki Kaiperu. I te tau 1948, ka noho a Talal hei rangatira i te ope taua.