| Religion: | Islam |
| Abdul Ghafar al-Akhras | |
| Birth Place: | Mosul, Mosul Vilayet, Ottoman Empire |
| Death Place: | Basra, Basra Vilayet, Ottoman Empire |
| Resting Place: | Basra |
| Ethnicity: | Arab |
| Occupation: | poet, calligrapher |
| Denomination: | Sunni Islam |
| Notable Works: | Collection of poems |
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]
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]