Carl Eduard Sachau (20 July 1845 – 17 September 1930) was a German orientalist.

He studied oriental languages at the Universities of Kiel and Leipzig, obtaining his PhD at Halle in 1867.

[1][2] Sachau travelled to the Near East on several occasions (see his book Reise in Syrien und Mesopotamien, published 1883) and became known for his work on Syriac and other Aramaic dialects.

Among his better known students was Eugen Mittwoch, a founder of modern Islamic studies in Germany.

from the University of Oxford in October 1902, in connection with the tercentenary of the Bodleian Library.