Amir Habibullah Period: Dilkusha (Heart's Desire) Palace; 1900-1914.

1976
Two marble lions imported from British India were placed in the porte-cochere. There is mention in the early literature of a marble lion in the garden of Koti Baghcha during Amir Abdur Rahman's period. It may have been transferred to Dilkusha.

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1976<br />
Two marble lions imported from British India were placed in the porte-cochere. There is mention in the early literature of a marble lion in the garden of Koti Baghcha during Amir Abdur Rahman's period. It may have been transferred to Dilkusha.