He was prominent in resistance to the 1798 invasion of Egypt by France (led by Napoleon).
Umar | Mohd Bunyamin Umar | Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab | Abu Hafs Umar al-Suhrawardi | Veliyankode Umar Khasi | Umar's Assurance of safety to the people of Aelia | Umar's Assurance | Umar Makram | Umar ibn Hubayra | Umar Bin Hassan | Razali Umar Kandasamy | Pact of Umar | Habib Umar bin Hafiz | Ghali Umar Na'Abba | Abdullah ibn Umar |
However, a deputy of Muhammad Ali of Egypt, Umar Makram, had begun to rally the local population and bring troops from Cairo in the attempt to slow the British advance towards the capital.