Al-Khawajat market was founded during the Mamluk period and was called the Nahhasin market. It specializes in the profession of engraving on copper. In the nineteenth century, large numbers of high-end Greek and Turkish textile merchants migrated to the market. Jerusalem, so the name of the market changed from Al-Nahhaseen to Al-Khawajat Market or Manifestura Market, in relation to the activity of the textile trade, which was called “amiya” in the manufacture trade “in Egypt and the Levant.”

Despite the transformation of the coppersmiths market from its original mission and its transformation into the "Manifactura" market, the profession of engraving on copper and its trade is still present in the market through only one shop, which is all that remains of The now-defunct profession specializes in selling forged and engraved copper products and antique copper artifacts that were adored by the Mamluk sultans and the princes who came after them.