 Al-Himsi akava mutengesi akapfuma uye akabudirira, achishanyira Marseille, Paris, nemamwe maguta eFrance pane dzimwe nguva. Akadzidza mutauro wechiFrench paaigara kwenguva refu muFrance. Akarega mabasa ake ezvokutengeserana muna 1905. Pashure peshanduko ya1908muHumambo hweOttoman, akasarudzwa senhengo yeAleppo kanzuru yeguta kakawanda uye kamwe chete semubatsiri kumukuru wedare. 