Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I whanau a Talal i Meka hei tamaiti matamua a Abdullah bin Hussein me tana wahine a Musbah bint Nasser. Ko Abdullah te tama a Hussein bin Ali, Sharif o Mecca, nana i arahi te Whakatikatika Nui o Arapi i te Pakanga Tuatahi o te Ao ki te Emepaea Ottoman i te tau 1916. Whai muri i te tangohanga o te ture Ottoman, i whakatuhia e Abdullah te Emirate o Transjordan i te 1921, i riro hei Kaitiaki o Ingarangi, a i whakahaerehia hei 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
te kingi o Hejaz i whakakahoretia, i a ia e whakaraua ana ki Kaiperu. I te tau 1948, ka noho a Talal hei rangatira i roto i te Arapi Arapi.