It was the scene of religious festivals and special ceremonies, such as coronations, funerals, parades, and various other state functions attended by top government officials.

[1] Afghan history records indicate that in 1901, the then Emir of Afghanistan, Habibullah Khan, publicly performed the priestly functions by celebrating the Eid ul-Fitr at Eidgah Mosque.

The chief priest of Kabul immediately proclaimed Habibullah to be the successor of his father, whereupon he delivered an address inspired by an "intolerant ecclesiasticism".

[4] In 1914–15, the bitter feud between British-India and Afghanistan assumed the proportions of a holy war or jihad, even though Emir Habibullah had initially opposed this approach of the mullahs.

Before he launched a war on May 15, 1919, King Amanullah made a speech at the Eidgah Mosque urging his countrymen to wage jihad against the British-Indians.