Fitna ta farko, babban yakin basasar Musulunci na farko, ya haifar da gagarumin sauyi a harkokin mulkin Masar.A wannan lokacin ne Halifa Ali ya nada Muhammad bn Abi Bakr a matsayin gwamnan Masar.Sai dai Amr bn al-As yana goyon bayan Banu Umayyawa ya yi nasara akan Ibn Abi Bakr a shekara ta 658 ya kuma mulki Masar har zuwa rasuwarsa a shekara ta 664. A karkashin mulkin Umayyawa, masu goyon bayan Umayyawa kamar Maslama bn Mukhallad al-Ansari sun ci gaba da mulkin Masar har zuwa lokacin Fitina ta Biyu. .A lokacin wannan rikici ne aka kafa gwamnatin Zubairud da Khawarijawa ke marawa baya, wadda ba ta da farin jini a wajen Larabawa.Khalifan Umayyawa Marwan na daya ya mamaye kasar Masar a shekara ta 684, inda ya maido da mulkin Umayyawa sannan ya nada dansa Abd al-Aziz a matsayin gwamna, wanda ya yi mulki mai inganci a matsayin mataimakinsa na tsawon shekaru 20.^[82]A karkashin mulkin Umayyawa, gwamnoni kamar Abd al-Malik ibn Rifa'a al-Fahmi da Ayyub ibn Sharhabil, wadanda aka zaba daga cikin manyan sojoji na cikin gida (jund), sun aiwatar da manufofin da suka kara matsin lamba kan Copts kuma suka fara musulunta.^[83] Wannan ya haifar da tawaye da yawa na 'yan Koftik saboda karuwar haraji, wanda aka fi sani da shi a cikin 725. Larabci ya zama harshen gwamnati a cikin 706, yana ba da gudummawa ga samuwar Larabci na Masar.Zaman Banu Umayyawa ya kare da karin tawaye a 739 da 750.A lokacin Abbasid , Masar ta sami sabbin haraji da ƙarin tawaye na 'yan Koftik.Matakin da halifa al-Mu'tasim ya dauka a shekara ta 834 na mayar da mulki da kula da harkokin kudi ya haifar da gagarumin sauye-sauye, ciki har da maye gurbin sojojin kasashen Larabawa da sojojin Turkiyya.Karni na 9 ya ga yawan musulmai sun zarce kiristoci 'yan Koftik , tare da larabci da tsarin musulunta.“Anarchy at Samarra” a cikin zuciyar Abbasiyawa ne ya taimaka wajen bullar yunkurin Alid a Masar.^[84]Zaman Tulunid ya fara ne a shekara ta 868 lokacin da aka nada Ahmad ibn Tulun a matsayin gwamna, wanda ke nuni da cewa Masar ta samu 'yancin kai na siyasa.Duk da gwagwarmayar iko na cikin gida, Ibn Tulun ya kafa doka mai zaman kanta, yana tara dukiya mai yawa tare da fadada tasiri a cikin Levant.Amma wadanda suka gaje shi, sun fuskanci rigingimu na cikin gida da barazana daga waje, wanda ya kai ga sake mamaye Masarawa Abbasiyawa a shekara ta 905. ^[85]Bayan Tulunid Masar ta ga ci gaba da tashe-tashen hankula da kuma tasowar manyan mutane kamar kwamandan Turkiyya Muhammad ibn Tughj al-Ikhshid.Mutuwarsa a shekara ta 946 ta kai ga gadin dansa Unujur cikin lumana da kuma mulkin Kafur da ya biyo baya.Duk da haka, cin nasarar Fatimid a shekara ta 969 ya kawo ƙarshen wannan lokacin, wanda ya haifar da sabon zamani na tarihin Masar.^[86]