Abdul Ghafar al-Akhras (Arabic: عبد الغفار الأخرس)( 1804 - 1873 ) titled al-Akhras ('mute'), was an Ottoman poet and calligrapher, born in Mosul who moved to live in Baghdad. 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.
Born | Mosul, Mosul Vilayet, Ottoman Empire |
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1873 (aged ) Basra, Basra Vilayet, Ottoman Empire
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