Shi'a Islam in Uzbekistan is a small minority sect, composed almost entirely of ethnic-Iranians.
There are only three registered Shi'a mosques in the country, two in Samarkand and one in Bukhara; both of these cities have residents of Iranian descent.
Historian Jed Snyder notes that prior to the Russian invasions at the end of the 1800s, skirmishes were "not uncommon" between Shi'a and Sunni factions in Samarkand.
He notes, however, that the Shi'a were largely assimilated by the Sunni in the period following Russian occupation.
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