SACHAU, Eduard. Neumünster/Holstein 20.7.1845 — Berlin 17.9.1930. German Oriental (Arabic) Scholar. Professor in Berlin. Son of Claus Jacob S. Studies of Oriental, especially Semitic philology at Kiel and Leipzig (Fleischer). Ph.D. 1867 Halle. Catalogued the Persian manuscripts at Bodleian Library in 1869. From 1869 ao. and 1872 ord. Professor at Vienna, from 1876 Professor of Orientalistik at Berlin, from 1887 also Director of Seminar für orientalische Sprachen. In 1879-80 travelled in Syria and Mesopotamia, in 1897-98 again in Mesopotamia. Geh. Oberregierungsrat 1906. Hon. D.Litt. 1902 Oxford.
Sachau was a Semitic scholar also interested in Iran and in India. He is remembered as the famous specialist of Al-Bīrūnī. Also important in Aramaic studies.
Publications: Diss. de Aljavâlîqî ejusque opere quod inscribitur al-Mu’arrab. 8+30 p. Halis Sax. 1867; a number of studies on Arabic (Muhammedanisches Recht. 32+879 p. B. 1897), also on Aramaic and Syrian (Syrische Rechtsbücher. 1-3. 1907-14), etc.
– “Contributions to the Knowledge of Parsee Literature”, JRAS 1870, 229-283; “Neue Beiträge zur Kenntniss der zoroastrischen Literatur”, SWA 67, 1871, 805-852; “Zur erklärung von Vendidad I 32”, ZDMG 1873, 147f.; “Conjectur zu Vendidad”, ZDMG 1874, 448-452.
– “Die Wahhabiten in Ostindien”, Oesterr. Wochenschr. f. Wiss. u. Kunst 1872, 522-532; “Indische Malerei”, Ibid. 1872, 629-633.
– Chronologie orientalischer Völker von Albîrûni. 1-2. Lp. 1876-78 (text edition); The Chronology of ancient nations, of Alberuni. L. 1879 (transl.); “Albêrûnîs Indica”, ISt 17, 1884, 173-176 (summary of chapters); Alberuni’s Indica. L. 1887 (ed.), 1-2. L. 1888 (transl.).
– Reise in Syrien und Mesopotamien. 10+478 p. Lp. 1883; Am Euphrat und Tigris: reisenotizen aus dem Winter 1897-1898. 160 p. Lp. 1900.
– Indo-Arabische Studien zur Aussprache und Geschichte des indischen in der ersten Hälfte des XI Jhd. 50 p. ABeAW 1888:1.
– “Literaturbruchstücke aus Chinesisch-Turkestan”, SBeAW 1905, 964-978.
– “Über die rechtlichen Verhältnisse der Christen im Sasaniden-Reich”, SBeAW 1906, 823 & Mitt. Sem. Or. Spr. 10, 1907, 69-95.
Sources: Bihl 41f.; Buckland, Dictionary; A.F., JRAS 1931, 242f.; Fück 1955, 234-236; *Br. Meissner, SbBeAW 1931, cxli-cxlvi; Festschrift E.S. B. 1915, with bibliography; Wikipedia with photo.
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