Eduard Sachau (1845 - 1930)

German Orientalist

Karl Eduard Sachau (20 July 1845 – 1930) was a German orientalist. Sachau became professor extraordinary 1869 and full professor 1872 at the University of Vienna, and in 1876, professor at the University of Berlin, where he was appointed director of the new Seminar of Oriental languages in 1887. He travelled to the Near East on several occasions (see his book 'Reise in Syrien und Mesopotamien' published 1883). He is especially noteworthy for his work on Syriac and other Aramaic dialects. He was an expert on Al-Biruni and wrote a translation of Kitab al Hind which describes among other things Hindu-Arabic numerals.

Kitab al Hind

Ancient Indians (Hindus/Sanatani Arya) taught the Arabs: Eduard Sachau wrote: “Many Arab authors took up the subjects communicated to them by the Hindus and worked them out in original compositions, commentaries and extracts. Sachau became a professor extraordinary of Semitic philology (1869) and a full professor (1872) at the University of Vienna, and in 1876, a professor at the University of Berlin. He was an expert on Persian polymath Al-Biruni and wrote a translation of Kitab ta'rikh al-Hind, Al-Biruni's encyclopedic work on India. Among his better known students was Eugen Mittwoch, a founder of modern Islamic studies in Germany. A favourite subject of theirs was Indian mathematics..." | www.SherawaliMaa.com