Kunyora kuenderera kweiyi ndima - Mushure mekutanga kuve dunhu reUmayyad neAbbasid Caliphates, rine guta rayo rekutonga muFustat, Egypt yakazvimiririra mune zvematongerwo enyika muzana ramakore rechi9 pasi peTulunid dynasty. Muzana remakore rechi10, Fatimid Caliphate yakatamisa muzinda wayo wesimba kuEgypt ndokutanga guta reCairo, pedyo neFustat. Zvivako zveFatimid muEgypt zvinogona kuonekwa muzvivako zvechitendero muCairo zvakadai seAl-Azhar Mosque (yakashandurwa zvikuru mumazana emakore akazotevera), Mosque yeAl-Hakim, uye muMosque yeAqmar duku asi inokosha. Zvimwe zvisaririra zvomunguva iyi zvinosanganisira magedhi makuru ematombo eCairo <unk> Bab al-Futuh, Bab al-Nasr, uye Bab Zuweila <unk> ayo akavakwa nomutongi weFatimid muzana remakore rechi11. Dzimba Huru dzeFatimid, kwaigara macaliphs, hadzina kuchengetedzwa. Pashure pevaFatimids, Ijipiti yakava guta guru reumambo hweAyyubid hwakagadzwa naSalah ad-Din (Saladin). Chivako chinokosha zvikurusa chenguva iyi chaiva Citadel yeCairo, iyo yakava muzinda wehurumende yeEgipita kutozosvikira muzana ramakore rechi 19. Pakati pezana remakore rechi13, vaMamluk vakatora simba ndokutonga umambo kubva kuCairo hwakagara kusvikira pakukunda kwevaOttoman muna 1517
. VaMamluk vaiva vatsigiri vakuru vezvokuvaka uye chikamu chikuru chenhaka yenhoroondo yeCairo yechiIslam chakabva munguva yavo. Zvivako zvikuru zvevaMamluk zvaiva zvivako zvechitendero uye zvekuviga zvaishandiswa zvakasiyana-siyana uye zvaienderana nemamiriro ezvinhu emumaguta. Mimwe yemienzaniso inokosha zvikuru yenguva iyi inosanganisira Complex of Sultan Qalawun, Madrasa-Mosque of Sultan Hasan, uye Funerary complex of Sultan Qaytbay.