Kishen Pershad

Maharaja Yamin-us-Sultanat Sir Kishen Pershad GCIE
30th Prime Minister of Hyderabad
In office 25 November 1926 – 18 March 1937
Monarch	Osman Ali Khan
Preceded by	Wali-ud-Daula Bahadur
Succeeded by	Akbar Hydari
In office 1901 – 11 July 1912
Monarchs	Mahbub Ali Khan Osman Ali Khan
Preceded by	Viqar-ul-Umra
Succeeded by	Yousuf Ali Khan
Personal details
Born	Kishen Pershad 1864 Hyderabad, Hyderabad State (present-day Telangana, India)
Died	13 May 1940(1940-05-13) (aged 75–76) Hyderabad, Hyderabad State (present-day Telangana, India)
Spouse	7

Maharaja Sir Kishen Pershad Bahadur Yamin us-Sultanat GCIE (1864 – 13 May 1940) was an Indian noble who served as Prime Minister of Hyderabad twice.

He was a childhood friend of the Nizam and was a staunch Nizam loyalist throughout his life. In 1892, Pershad became the Peshkar (deputy minister) of the state. Nine years later, Nizam Mahbub Ali Khan appointed him dewan (prime minister) of the state. During his first tenure as dewan, he was credited with increasing the state's revenue and helping victims of the Great Musi Flood of 1908. In 1926, he was reappointed as dewan. During this period, he passed the Mulki regulations, which favoured local citizens over British for administrative positions.

A proponent of the Ganga-Jamuni tehzeeb (culture of the central plains of Northern India), Pershad also wrote Urdu and Persian poems which were influenced by Sufism. He was a patron of poetry, paintings and music. He had seven wives including both Hindus and Muslims.

Raja Kishen Pershad had built the Chitragupta Bhagwan Temple in Hyderabad.