Amir Habibullah Period: Dilkusha (Heart's Desire) Palace; 1900-1906.

1913
Less than a year before his father died in 1901 Prince Habibullah contracted a British architect, Mr.Finlayson, to design an impressive palace within the grounds of the Arg to rival his uncle's Zain ul-Emorat. Named Dilkusha (Heart's Delight), construction began in 1900, but completion was delayed until 1914. Souvenir postcard published in Paris in the 1920s.

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1913<br />
Less than a year before his father died in 1901 Prince Habibullah contracted a British architect, Mr.Finlayson, to design an impressive palace within the grounds of the Arg to rival his uncle's Zain ul-Emorat. Named Dilkusha (Heart's Delight), construction began in 1900, but completion was delayed until 1914. Souvenir postcard published in Paris in the 1920s.