Badreshīn is a city on the western side of the Nile. It was the ancient capital of Manf, known today as Mit Raheinah, which is in the center of Badreshīn. It is considered to be the oldest capital founded in Egyptian history.

The city’s origins date back five thousand years before Christ, when Egypt was two separate kingdoms: the Northern Kingdom whose capital was Heliopolis, known today as Ain Shams, and the Southern Kingdom whose capital was Tibah, known today as Luxor. King Mina united the two kingdoms and chose Manf (Mit Raheinah), as the first capital of Egypt where he founded the first central government in Egypt’s history.

The city contains the oldest known Egyptian monuments, after those at Abou Sir Village. These include the oldest known pyramids, the sun temple pyramids and, at Saqqara, the first stone buildings in history, namely the Zoser Step Pyramid and Dahshour Pyramids. There are also many temples, such as the King Ramses II Temple where the statue of Ramses II was found and moved to Bab El-Hadīd Square, known today as Ramses Square, in the heart of Cairo. It was then moved to Remaya Square at the entrance to the pyramids. In the nearby village of Aziziya is the prison where Prophet Joseph (peace be upon him) was detained, and grain storage houses he had constructed when he lived there.  Prophet Moses Mosque is in the neighborhood of Prophet Joseph Prison. Badrashīn has a large population and is now an important commercial and industrial center.