Ahsan Manzil

Ahsan Manzil (Bengali: আহসান মঞ্জিল) is a palace located in the Kumartoli area beside Buriganga River of Dhaka, Bangladesh.

[4] During the Mughal Empire, Sheikh Enayetullah, the Zamindar of the Jamalpur Pargana, had a garden house on this property and later added a palace, which he called Rangmahal.

[5] He was buried on the northeast corner of the palace yard but his gravesite was ruined at the beginning of the 20th century.

[3] Alimullah renovated the property, turning the trading house into a residence and adding a stable and a family mosque.

He hired Martin and Company, a European construction and engineering firm, to make a master plan for their residence.

It became a slum for a period after the government acquired it in 1952 under the East Bengal Estate Acquisition Act.

The Government of Bangladesh acquired the palace and property in 1985 and began renovating it, taking care to preserve the remaining structure.

Part of the northern side of the property was given to the Dhaka City Corporation while half of the Andarmahal and the Nawab residential area were beyond acquisition.

Khwaja Salimullah with his family in front of Ahsan Manzil
Ahsan Manzil in 1965
Dome of Ahsan Manzil
Ahsan Manzil extended view