In the novel They Came to Baghdad, Marcus Tio is the proprietor of Tio Hotel in Baghdad.
Just as the Tio Hotel is patterned after the actual Zia Hotel which Christie stayed at, it is highly likely that the character and personality of Marcus Tio is patterned after the real-life proprietor Michael Zia.[1]
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- ↑ See this blog article for a photo and description of Michael Zia. (or see this archive URL)