Abdul Ghafar al-Akhras

Abdul Ghafar al-Akhras
عبد الغفار الأخرس
Born 1804
Mosul, Mosul Vilayet, Ottoman Empire
Died 1873
Basra, Basra Vilayet, Ottoman Empire
Resting place Basra
Ethnicity Arab
Occupation poet, calligrapher
Religion Islam
Denomination Sunni Islam
Notable work(s) Collection of poems

Abdul Ghafar al-Akhras (Arabic: عبد الغفار الأخرس‎)( 1804 - 1873 ) titled al-Akhras (meaning dumb because he has slip), was an Ottoman poet and calligrapher, born in Mosul who moved to live in Baghdad.[1] 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.[2]

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.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 "عبد الغفار الاخرس". uobabylon.edu.iq. Retrieved 24 April 2015.
  2. ↑ "ÚÈÏ ÇáÛÝÇÑ ÇáÃÎÑÓ - ÈæÇÈÉ ÇáÔÚÑÇÁ - ÈæÇÈÊß Åáì ÚÇáã ÇáÔÚÑ - Poetsgate". poetsgate.com. Archived from the original on 21 March 2014. Retrieved 24 April 2015.
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