Abdul Ghafar al-Akhras

Abdul Ghafar al-Akhras (Arabic: عبد الغفار الأخرس) (1804–1873), known as al-Akhras ('the mute'^[1]), was an Ottoman poet and calligrapher, born in Mosul who moved to live in Baghdad.^[2] He attended the seminar of Mahmud al-Alusi (Mufti of Ottoman Iraq). During his life in Baghdad, al-Akhras was an enemy of "Omar bin Ramadan al-Hiti" another poet and calligrapher. They satirized each other.^[3]

Abdul Ghafar al-Akhras عبد الغفار الأخرس
Personal life
Born	1804 (1804) Mosul, Mosul Vilayet, Ottoman Empire
Died	1873 (aged 68–69) Basra, Basra Vilayet, Ottoman Empire
Resting place	Basra
Notable work(s)	Collection of poems
Occupation	poet, calligrapher
Religious life
Religion	Islam
Denomination	Sunni Islam

Al-Akhras authored many famous jokes and proverbs. He wrote "Abdul Ghani Al Jamil's collection of poems". Al-Akhras, Mohammed Saeed Al-Habboubi, and Abdul Baqi Al-Omari are considered the best 19th century Ottoman-Iraqi poets. He was buried in Basra in 1875.^[2]