Built under British tutelage in an style that has been called "Sinclarian Saracenism" this structure appears a sort of idealized Palace but was never so used. Endowedjust after World War1 as a memorial for those lost in that conflict it now serves as a museum with many interesting Zanzibari artifacts.
Lilijengwa chini ya uangalizi wa waingereza katika mtindo ambao umeitwa Mtindo wa Haja muundo huu unaonekana ni aina ya Ngome iliyobuniwa kwa matumizi fulani lakini haikutumika hivyo. Iliwekwa mara baada ya vita kama kumbukumbu kwa hao waliopotezwa katika mgogoro huo, hivi sasa inatumika kama jumba la makumbusho likiwa na kazi nyingi za sanaa za kuvutia za kizanzibari.