 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Rufu rwaQaitbay muna 1496 rwakateverwa nechisimba chepakati pokutonga. Izvi zvakaitika panguva imwe chete nezvimwe zviitiko zvaiitika munharaunda yacho nedzimwewo nzvimbo, kusanganisira kuwanikwa kwegoridhe muNew World, uye kupinda kwePortugal muIndian Ocean, zvichiita kuti iwirirane neIjipiti yevaMamluk. Uye nekutanga kweHondo dzeItaly, kufarira kweSpain kuEgypt nekumabvazuva kweMediterranean kwakatanga kudzikira, nekutarisa kuchinjika kunosimbisa nzvimbo dzayo kumadokero kweMediterranean kuti ikwanise kupokana nekuvapo kweFrance muItari. Hondo yevagari vemo muEgipita yakapera nokusimuka musimba kwaSultan Qansuh al-Ghuri, uyo zvino akatonga nyika yakaderera iyo yakanga iri pasi pekutyisidzirwa kusingaperi kwekupinda nechiuto chayo chakakwirira zvikuru muvengi weOttoman. Panguva ino, Madzimambo eKaturike akanga ashandisa kumukira kwevaMuslimmumakomo eAlpujarras sechikonzero chokuramba chibvumirano chaivimbisa kodzero yevaMoor yorusununguko rwokunamata. Mamluk Sultanate, nepo yaida kuchengeta ukama hwoushamwari navaSpain, yaidawo kudzivisa Umambo hweOttoman kutora nzvimbo yahwo senzvimbo yechiIslam, sezvo Cairo yakanga iri chigaro chomuchato cheAbbasid Caliphate. Madzimambo eKaturike ave achigamuchira mashoko okuti Sultan akanga achityisidzira matanho okutsiva pamusoro pemapoka echiKristu navafambi muLevant. Ferdinand airerutsa kutyisidzira kwakadaro, kunyange apo imwe kutyisidzira kwakadaro kwaiitwa naSultan weMamluk kwaiendeswa kwaari naPapa. Asi vakatanga kutora nhau yacho zvakakomba zvikuru pashure pokudzvinyirirwa kwokupandukira kweAlpujarras muna 1501, pashure pokunge nhau dzokushandurwa kwokumanikidzirwa kwavaMuslim uye zvikumbiro zveGranada nokuda kwebetsero zvapararira kunyika yose yechiIslam. Izvi zvingave zvichikonzerwa nesimba raive nevaGranadian vanogara kuEjipitori mudare raSultan, kunyanya Ibn al-Azraq, uyo akagamuchirwa naQaitbay makore mashoma apfuura, uye pamwe kunyange vapoteri vechiJuda. 