page_title: Kishen Pershad
section_title: Marriages
hierarchical_section_title: Kishen Pershad / Personal life / Marriages
caption_attribution_description: English: The prime minister of the Indian state of Hyderabad, His Excellency Highness Maharaja Sir Kishen Pershad Bahadur with his daughter Rani Sultan Kunwar Bibi and grandson and heir Raja Ratan Gopal Saincher.
context_page_description: Maharaja Sir Kishen Pershad Bahadur Yamin us-Sultanat GCIE was an Indian noble who served as Prime Minister of Hyderabad twice.
  Born to a Hindu khatri family which traces its roots to Raja Todar Mal, Pershad studied at a western school under the patronage of Salar Jung I. He was a childhood friend of the Nizam and was a staunch Nizam loyalist throughout his life. In 1892, Pershad became the peshkar of the state. Nine years later, Nizam Mahbub Ali Khan appointed him dewan 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, 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.
context_section_description: Pershad had seven wives. Three were Hindus of Brahmin caste and four were Muslims (which also included Shia Muslims). His Muslim wives bore him six sons; his Hindu wives bore him nine sons. The wives followed their own religion and the children were brought up in the religion of their mother. The children from Muslim wives had Islamic names; the children from Hindu wives had Hindu names.
  One of Pershad's favourite wives was Ghousia Begum. She belonged to an orthodox Muslim family. Although she lived under a strict purdah, they managed to court each other using disguises. According to Islamic law, marriage between a Muslim and a Hindu is not allowed. To marry her, he was ready to convert to Islam. However, Nizam Mahboob Ali Khan was not in favour of him converting as he did not want a Muslim peshkar.
caption: (From left to right): Pershad's grandson Raja Ratan Gopal Saincher, his daughter Rani Sultan Kunwar Bibi and Kishen Pershad
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