 In the early 1890, he studied in Istanbul, where he lived in Naim Frashëri's house.There he met his future wife Asije Frashëri, daughter of Sherif Frashëri, younger brother of Naim.In 1895, he married Asije Frashëri and moved to Tirana, where he later died, age 50–51, in 1918.