The backyard homes were being ultimately purchased by Khawaja Alimullah in 1840. Alimullah’s son, Nawab Khwaha Abdul Ghani afterwards, in 1868, handed the houses in excess of to his son, Khaja Ashanullah, who bought the land the place the Arts College with the Dhaka College now stands, among the yrs 1876 – 1877, to build the houses to his requi