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The Bahmanids were the first muslim dynasty that ruled in Deccan independently at the 8, 9 and 10th century. The founder of this dynasty had an Iranian lineage. He and his successors paid special attention to the culture and civilization of Iran. They employed Persians in the important political and social posts such as Wezara and Sedara . In this period many of the Iranian scholaries, artisants, architects and etc. immigrated to Deccan and extended the culture and civilization of their native country particularly in the field of architecture there. The monuments of Deccan in this period mostly have built by Iranian architects. Many of these monuments have remained intact in their capitals, Gulbarga and Bidar. The great mosque of Gulbarga, for example, that was built in 769/1367, by a native of qazvin, Rafi son of shams, is one of the most beautiful and wonderful mosques in Islamic world. This mosque clearly showing the influences of Iranian style. Another building in this period that shows the influence of Persians, is the Madrasa of Gawan, the prime minister of bahmanids and a native of Gilan. This building is the complete imitation of the four iwan type schools in the Timurids of Iran.This article intend to survey the influence of Persian architecture in some of the monuments of Bahmanis period.