SdA 1-50 — L’émir Habibullah Khan à Paghman

• Souvenir d'Afghanistan, séries 2 et 3 : ne figure pas.
• Mujal-e kabul 2/8, No. 20 (1311/1932), f.p. 774 : planche coloriée SdA 1-50, coupée de la collection et collée dans le journal, "az menazer paghman".
• Thornton, E. et A. (1910) : Leaves from an Afghan scrapbook, p. 82: "The beautiful district of Paughmon, some sixteen miles distant from Kabul, is far cooler than the capital in the hottest months, and for his summer holiday the Amir generally goes there, taking a few wives and a great many oil-stoves, cooking being one of his favourite pastimes."
• Jewett, A.C.; Bell, M. (1948) : An American Engineer in Afghanistan, p. 170 : "The Amir, who wears European clothes, is very particular as to style and fit; he gets European tailors up from India to measure him and pays them a salary."; p. 207 : " […] he told me how busy he [the Amir] was. He hasn't done a tap of work this year; what time he is not in the haram is spent motoring, hunting, and golfing." [1913]
• Adamec, L.W. (1975) : Who's Who of Afghanistan, p. 154 : Habibullah Khan.
• Adamec, L.W. (1985) : Kabul and southeast Afghanistan, p. 614 : Paghman, "The woleswali comprises an area of 413 square kilometres and has an agricultural population... The woleswali is west of Kabul. […] The summer palace of the Amir, which is situated on the eastern slopes of the Paghman range is connected with Kabul by a broad carriage road, 12 miles long."

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