A karni na 18, Mamluk beys suka mamaye pashas da Ottoman ya nada a Masar, musamman ta ofisoshin Shaykh al-Balad da Amir al-hajj.Wannan canjin mulki ba shi da kyau a rubuce saboda rashin cikakkun bayanai na tarihin wannan lokacin.^[102]A shekara ta 1707, rikici tsakanin bangarorin Mamluk biyu, Qasimites da Fiqarites, karkashin jagorancin Shaykh al-Balad Qasim Iywaz, ya haifar da tsawaita yaki a wajen birnin Alkahira.Mutuwar Qasim Iywaz ta kai ga dansa Ismail ya zama Shaikhul Balad, wanda ya sasanta bangarorin a tsawon shekaru 16 da ya yi yana mulki.^[102] "Babban fitina" na 1711-1714, boren addini na adawa da ayyukan Sufaye, ya haifar da gagarumin tashin hankali har sai an danne shi.^[103] Kisan Ismail a shekara ta 1724 ya haifar da kara fadan mulki, inda shugabanni irin su Shirkas Bey da Dhu-'l-Fiqar suka yi nasara kuma aka kashe su bi da bi.^[102]A shekara ta 1743 Othman Bey Ibrahim da Ridwan Bey suka yi gudun hijira, wadanda suka yi mulkin Masar tare, suka canza wasu manyan ofisoshi.Sun tsallake rijiya da baya a yunkurin juyin mulki da dama, wanda ya haifar da sauye-sauye a shugabanci da bullowar Ali Bey al-Kabir.^[102] Ali Bey, wanda da farko ya shahara da kare ayari, ya nemi ya rama wa mutuwar Ibrahim kuma ya zama Sheikh al-Balad a shekara ta 1760. Tsananin mulkinsa ya haifar da rashin amincewa, wanda ya kai shi gudun hijira na wucin gadi.^[102]A cikin 1766, Ali Bey ya gudu zuwa Yemen amma ya koma Alkahira a 1767, yana ƙarfafa matsayinsa ta hanyar nada abokansa a matsayin beys.Ya yi ƙoƙari ya daidaita ikon soja kuma ya ayyana Misira mai cin gashin kanta a 1769, yana tsayayya da ƙoƙarin Ottoman na sake samun iko.^[102] Ali Bey ya fadada tasirinsa a duk fadin yankin Larabawa, amma mulkinsa ya fuskanci kalubale daga ciki, musamman daga surukinsa, Abu-'l-Dhahab, wanda a karshe ya hada kai da Daular Usmaniyya kuma ya yi tattaki zuwa Alkahira a shekara ta 1772. ^[102]Kashe Ali Bey da kuma mutuwarsa a shekara ta 1773 ya kai Masar ta koma hannun Ottoman karkashin Abu-'l-Dhahab.Bayan mutuwar Abu-'l-Dhahab a shekara ta 1775, an ci gaba da gwabza fadan mulki, inda Ismail Bey ya zama Sheikh al-Balad amma daga karshe Ibrahim da Murad Bey suka kore shi, wanda ya kafa mulkin hadin gwiwa.Wannan lokacin ya kasance alamar rikice-rikice na cikin gida da balaguron Ottoman a cikin 1786 don sake tabbatar da ikon Masar.A shekara ta 1798, lokacin da Napoleon Bonaparte ya mamaye Masar, Ibrahim Bey da Murad Bey har yanzu suna kan madafun iko, wanda ke nuna ci gaba da hargitsin siyasa da sauyin mulki a tarihin Masar na karni na 18.^[102]