Frederick Stanley Maude

“ There is no reason why Baghdad and other centres should not turn out just as good men in the professions and in commerce as the European countries.
"People were studying Plato in Baghdad in the eighth century.
"Turkey is the only nation which has not been a source of profit to the Arab, and that is because the Turk only looks for conquest. The intellectual marriage of the Arab with the Turk is the only union the Arab has made which has been sterile. ”

“ Baghdad has the only caravan route from Central Persia, and as the Tigris is fully navigable from Basra, Baghdad is almost a seaport, an important point when one considers that goods come cheaper by water than by rail. ”

“ He is convinced that with the removal of the paralysing hand of the Turk, who has for so long kept a strangle-hold on the development of the fertile land and its peoples, will come a great and steady improvement in its fortunes.
"All the merchants in the world will profit," said Sir Mark. ”