The yard homes were being at some point obtained by Khawaja Alimullah in 1840. Alimullah’s son, Nawab Khwaha Abdul Ghani later on, in 1868, handed the houses over to his son, Khaja Ashanullah, who acquired the land the place the Arts Faculty of your Dhaka University now stands, amongst the yrs 1876 – 1877, to create the homes to his requirement