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In 1894 he therefore went to Paris and enrolled in the École des langues orientales, where he studied Literary Arabic, Maghrebi Arabic, Turkish and Persian under Hartwig Derenbourg and Octave Houdas.
He showed exceptional talent and obtained six degrees: Persian, oriental Arabic, literary Arabic, Turkish, Malay, and Chinese.