User:Beodizia/Shahla Solhju

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Shahla Solhju (Persian: شهلا صلح‌جو; ) was the first professional female astronomer in Iran and served as the first co-director of the Abu Reihan Observatory at the Pahlavi University (today the Biruni Observatory at Shiraz University).[1][2]

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  1. ^ Ansary, Nina (2015). Exemplary Women from Iran. Los Angeles: Revela Press. p. 95. OCLC 1044751611.
  2. ^ "اولین زن ستاره‌شناس ایران" [Iran's first female astronomer]. تاریخ ایرانی (in Persian). Retrieved 9 September 2022.