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> [By Mamun's time medical schools were extremely active in Baghdad. The first free public hospital was opened in Baghdad during the Caliphate of Haroon-ar-Rashid. As the system developed, physicians and surgeons were appointed who gave lectures to medical students and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-bagot-glubb/by-mamun-s-time-medical-schools-were-extremely-active-in-baghdad-the/)

[John Bagot Glubb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-bagot-glubb/)

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> [For five hundred years, Baghdad had been a city of palaces, mosques, libraries and colleges. Its universities and hospitals were the most up-to-date in the world. Nothing now remained but heaps of rubble and a stench of decaying human flesh.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-bagot-glubb/for-five-hundred-years-baghdad-had-been-a-city-of-palaces-mosques/)

[John Bagot Glubb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-bagot-glubb/)

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## Other authors on Baghdad

- [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b018/author-mohammed-saeed-alsahaf-68860.jpg) Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf 40 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/baghdad/mohammed-saeed-al-sahaf/)

## More by John Bagot Glubb

> [“The Age of Intellect is accompanied by surprising advances in natural science. In the ninth century, for example, in the age of Mamun, the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-bagot-glubb/the-age-of-intellect-is-accompanied-by-surprising-advances-in-natural/)

[John Bagot Glubb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-bagot-glubb/)

> [Khalif (Caliph) Al-Ma'mun's period of rule (813 - 833 C.E.) may be considered the 'golden age' of science and learning. He had always been…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-bagot-glubb/khalif-caliph-al-ma-mun-s-period-of-rule-813-833-c-e-may-be/)

[John Bagot Glubb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-bagot-glubb/)

> [“If we are considering the history of our own country, we write at length of the periods when our ancestors were prosperous and victorious,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-bagot-glubb/if-we-are-considering-the-history-of-our-own-country-we-write-at/)

[John Bagot Glubb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-bagot-glubb/)

> [“Perhaps the most dangerous by-product of the Age of Intellect is the unconscious growth of the idea that the human brain can solve the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-bagot-glubb/perhaps-the-most-dangerous-by-product-of-the-age-of-intellect-is-the/)

[John Bagot Glubb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-bagot-glubb/)

> [By Mamun's time medical schools were extremely active in Baghdad. The first free public hospital was opened in Baghdad during the Caliphate of Haroon-ar-Rashid.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-bagot-glubb/by-mamun-s-time-medical-schools-were-extremely-active-in-baghdad-the/)

[John Bagot Glubb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-bagot-glubb/)

> [“Decadence is a moral and spiritual disease, resulting from too long a period of wealth and power, producing cynicism, decline of religion, pessimism and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-bagot-glubb/decadence-is-a-moral-and-spiritual-disease-resulting-from-too-long-a/)

[John Bagot Glubb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-bagot-glubb/)

> [For five hundred years, Baghdad had been a city of palaces, mosques, libraries and colleges. Its universities and hospitals were the most up-to-date in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-bagot-glubb/for-five-hundred-years-baghdad-had-been-a-city-of-palaces-mosques/)

[John Bagot Glubb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-bagot-glubb/)

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