Ahsan Manzil

It is located at Kumartoli in old Dhaka on the bank of the river Buriganga. It was the residential area and the kachari of the nawabs of Dhaka.The construction of the area was begun in 1859 and completed in 1872. The founder of Ahsan Manzil is Nawab Abdul Ghani. Ahsan Manzil is one of the important architectural monuments of the country. It is established on a raised stage of 1 meter, the two-storied palace measures 125.4m by 28.75m. The ground floor high is 5 meters and that of the first floor 5.8 meters. An open stair has come down from the southern portico, extending up to the bank of the river through the front garden.

Internally, the area is divided into two symmetrical halves on either side of the dome. There is a large drawing room in the east branch of the first floor. On its northern side one is a library and other is a card room, and in the eastern side there are four square rooms. On the western division of the first floor there is a spacious jalsaghar with a Hindustani room on the northern side and four square rooms in the western side. On the ground floor there is a big dining room and six square rooms in the eastern part. There are good-looking wooden stairs in the room that is attached to the north of the domed room. The bauisters were decorated with vine leaves made of iron along the railing of the stairs.