Kammala jumla mai zuwa: An haifi Talal a Makka a matsayin ɗan fari na Abdullah bin Hussein da matarsa Musbah bint Nasser. Abdullah ɗan Hussein bin Ali ne, Sharif na Makka, wanda ya jagoranci Babban Tawayen Larabawa a lokacin Yaƙin Duniya na ɗaya a kan Daular Ottoman a 1916. Bayan kawar da mulkin Ottoman, Abdullah ya kafa Masarautar Transjordan a 1921, wanda ya zama mai kare Biritaniya, kuma ya yi mulki a matsayin Sarkinta. A lokacin rashi na Abdullah, Talal ya shafe shekarunsa na farko shi kadai tare da mahaifiyarsa. Talal ya sami ilimi mai zaman kansa a Amman, daga baya ya shiga Rundunar Larabawa ta Transjordan a matsayin na biyu a 1927. Daga nan sai ya zama mai taimakawa ga kakansa Sharif Hussein,
Sarki Hejaz da aka hambarar, a lokacin da yake gudun hijira a Cyprus. A shekarar 1948, Talal ya zama janar a rundunar Larabawa.