 Ramba uchiverenga ndima ino - France yakapinda muEgypt yaitongwa neOttoman muna 1798 iine uto raitungamirirwa naNapoleon Bonaparte. Pakutanga akabudirira mukutora masimba emaguta akakosha, rwendo rwekuSyria rwakaita kuti akundwe uye Napoleon akadzokera kuFrance mushure mekubudirira kukunda mauto eOttoman muhondo yeAbukirmuna July 1799. Napoleon akasiyira kutungamirira mauto eFrance mumaoko aJean-Baptiste Kléber. Mauto akanga ari mumamiriro ezvinhu akaipa, achityisidzirwa neuto reOttoman pasi paKör Yusuf Ziyaüddin Pasha achifambira mberi kubva kuSyria uye mauto aKléber akanga ari pedyo nekupanduka mushure mekusiiwa kwavo naNapoleon. 