Abdul Ghafar al-Akhras
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.Al-Akhras authored many famous jokes and proverbs. He wrote "Abdul Ghani Al Jamil's collection of poems".