Tawagar Faransa zuwa Masar , da alama don tallafawa Porte Ottoman da murkusheMamluk , Napoleon Bonaparte ne ya jagoranta.Sanarwar Bonaparte a Alexandria ta jaddada daidaito, cancanta, da mutunta Musulunci, wanda ya bambanta da rashin wadannan halaye na Mamluks.Ya yi alkawarin bude kofar shiga ga daukacin Masarawa domin samun mukaman gudanarwa tare da ba da shawarar hambarar da gwamnatin Fafaroma domin nuna riko da Faransawa ga Musulunci.^[102]Sai dai Masarawan sun nuna shakku kan manufar Faransa.Bayan nasarar da Faransa ta samu a yakin Embabeh (Battle of Pyramids), inda sojojin Murad Bey da Ibrahim Bey suka yi nasara, an kafa majalisar karamar hukuma a birnin Alkahira da suka hada da Sheik, Mamluks, da 'yan kasar Faransa, wadanda akasari ke aiki don aiwatar da dokar Faransa.^[102]An yi tambaya kan rashin nasara a Faransa bayan da rundunarsu ta sha kashi a yakin kogin Nilu da rashin nasara a Upper Masar.Hankali ya ta'azzara tare da shigar da harajin gida, wanda ya kai ga tayar da kayar baya a Alkahira a watan Oktoban 1798. An kashe Janar Dupuy na Faransa, amma Bonaparte da Janar Kléber sun yi gaggawar murkushe boren.Amfani da Masallacin Al-Azhar da Faransa ke yi a matsayin barga ya haifar da babban laifi.^[102]Balaguron Bonaparte na Siriya a 1799 ya raunana ikon Faransa na dan lokaci a Masar.Bayan dawowarsa, ya yi galaba a kan wani harin hadin gwiwa da Murad Bey da Ibrahim Bey suka kai masa, sannan ya murkushe sojojin Turkiyya a Aboukir.Daga nan sai Bonaparte ya bar Masar, inda ya nada Kléber a matsayin magajinsa.^[102] Kléber ya fuskanci wani mawuyacin hali.Bayan yarjejeniyar farko na ficewa daga Faransa da Birtaniyya suka toshe, Alkahira ta fuskanci tarzoma, wanda Kléber ya murkushe.Ya yi shawarwari da Murad Bey, inda ya ba shi ikon mallakar Upper Masar, amma an kashe Kléber a watan Yuni 1800. ^[102.]Janar Jacques-Francois Menou ya gaji Kléber, yana ƙoƙari ya sami tagomashin musulmi amma ya raba Masarawa ta hanyar ayyana kariyar Faransa.A shekara ta 1801, sojojin Ingila da na Turkiyya sun sauka a Abu Qir, wanda ya kai ga nasara a Faransa.Janar Belliard ya mika wuya a birnin Alkahira a watan Mayu, sannan Menou ya mika mulki a Alexandria a watan Agusta, wanda ya kawo karshen mamayar Faransa.^[102] Dawwamammen gado na mamayar Faransa shine "Description de l'Egypte," cikakken bincike na Masar da malaman Faransanci suka yi, wanda ya ba da gudummawa sosai ga fannin Egiptology.^[102]