The Ahsan Manjil representing the era of Nawabs

It is located at Kumartoli in older Dhaka on the bank of the river Buriganga. It was the presidential stronghold and the kachari of the nawabs of Dhaka. It has in recent times been turned into a museum. The building of the palace was begun in 1859 and finished in 1872. Nawab Abdul Ghani named it Ahsan Manzil behind his lad Khwaja Ahsanullah. Ahsan Manzil is one of the important architectural monuments of the country. Recognized on a raised stage of 1 meter, the two-storied palace actions 125.4m by 28.75m. The height of the ground floor is 5 meters and that of the first floor 5.8 meters. There is portico of the tallness of the ground floor, both on the northern and southern sides of the fortress. A roomy open staircase has come down from the southern entrance, extending up to the bank of the river from side to side the front garden.

On the inside, the palace is separated into two balanced halves on moreover side of the dome. There is a great illustration room in the east wing of the first floor. On its northern side there is documentation and a card room, and in the eastern angle there are four square rooms. On the western wing of the first floor there is a drudgery jalsaghar with a Hindustani room on the northern side and four square rooms in the western angle. The floors of these two rooms are finished off made of wood planks. On the ground floor there is a big dining hall and six four-sided figure rooms in the eastern part. There is beautiful wooden staircase in the room that is emotionally involved to the north of the vaulted room. The bauisters were decorated with vine leaves complete of iron all along the railing of the staircase. The made of wood ceiling of the room, ornamented with numerical designs, is very elegant.