 Nyorera kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Napoleon Bonaparte, uyo aida kutanga kuvapo kweFrance kuMiddle East, akashandisa mukana wehondo yake muEgyptkuronga kubatana naTipu kurwisa vaBritain. Napoleon akavimbisa Directoire kuti achangokunda Egipita, achatanga ukama namadzishe eIndia uye, pamwe chete navo, acharwisa vaNgezi muzvinhu zvavo. Maererano nomushumo waFebruary 13, 1798 wakanyorwa naTalleyrand: Zvatakanga tabata uye takasimbisa Ijipiti, taizotumira uto revarume 15 000 kubva kuSuez kuenda kuIndia, kunobatana nemauto aTipu-Sahib uye kudzinga vaEngland. Dare Rinodzora, kunyange zvazvo rakanga richinetswa nokukura uye mutengo webasa racho, rakabvuma kuti mukuru mukuru aifarirwa ave asipo kubva pakati pesimba. 