Major-General Mohammad Zaman Kiani (1 October 1910 – ?) was an officer of the British Indian Army who joined the Indian National Army and went on to be appointed it's Chief of General Staff. A keen Hockey player in his youth, Kiani joined the British Indian Army in 1931 at the Indian Military Academy at Dehra Dun, sitting for the entrance exam in preference over a trial for the Olympic Hockey trials at Calcutta. He joined the 1st Battalion 14th Punjab Regiment as a Second Lieutenant 24 January 1936, and was promoted Lieutenant 4 May 1936.