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.
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.