He rose to become one of the most influential military men in Jordanian history[citation needed].

In addition to being a field marshal, he was also served as the head of the General Intelligence Directorate (GID), as well as the military attaché at Jordan's embassy in the United States from 1971 to 1974.

[citation needed] Abu Taleb graduated from the Royal Military Academy in 1954.

[4] He received a military science degree from the Defence Services Staff College in India in 1966.

[2] Abu Taleb was a member in the upper house of the Parliament of Jordan, in the twentieth, twenty-first and twenty-second senates.