Mohammed Said Ahmed [Diraz] (Reis)

ID: HUMFA_A7924PB_NS

Subjects: People & places: Site: Giza

Description: Harvard Camp: Group of workmen with Museum of Fine Arts, Boston President George H. Edgell and George Reisner (laughing), looking E. Three rows of workmen: back row in dark galabeas, middle row standing in white galabeas with Reisner and Edgell at right; front row seated on ground. Back row: Only four people identified: fifth from left (in picture, not proper left): Mubarak Mohamed (ghafir in west); sixth from left: Ahmed el-Neger; eighth from left: Abdullah Abu Gebel (ghafir); ninth from left: Yasin (storekeeper, magazines). Middle row: 1: Mahmoud Ali; 2: Abdel Salam Abdel Latif (helped the cook Salem with groceries); 3: Atito (safragi/servant); 4: Dahi el-Batlan (irons clothes for the ladies); 5: Bashir el-Adjemi; 6: Mahmoud Said Ahmed Diraz; 7: Salem (cook); 8: Mohamed Said Ahmed Diraz; 9: George Reisner; 10: George Harold Edgell. Front row: 1: Hadad el-Adawy; 2: Mohamed Salem (son of Salem the cook); 3: boy: El Sayeh “the tourist” (youngest son of Said Ahmed, born 1924); 4: Mustapha Abu-el-Hamd (photographer); 5: standing boy in striped galabea, holding Reisner’s hand and Mohamed Said Ahmed Diraz’s right hand on his right shoulder: Saad (son of Mohamed Said Ahmed Diraz, and later victim of WWII hand-grenade accident at Giza; 6: Saman; 7: Said Halabi (carpenter) (identifications provided by Hassan Mohamed Said Ahmed Diraz, son of Mohamed Said Ahmed Diraz, Cairo, January 2006)

ID: HUMFA_A7907P_ann_NS

Subjects: Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 2051, G 2041, G 2000

Description: Cemetery G 2000: E faces of G 2041 and G 2051, looking NW to G 2000 (= Lepsius 23) from top of G 2100 (SW corner of G 2110, middle ground right). Reis Mohammed Said Ahmed points to findspot of an offering stone of Tjenti (HUMFA_38-1-23), in front of the south niche of G 2051.

ID: HUMFA_A7924PA_NS

Subjects: People & places: Site: Giza

Description: Harvard Camp: Group of workmen with Museum of Fine Arts, Boston President George H. Edgell and George Reisner (laughing), looking E. Three rows of workmen: back row in dark galabeas, middle row standing in white galabeas with Reisner and Edgell at right; front row seated on ground. Back row: Only four people identified: fifth from left (in picture, not proper left): Mubarak Mohamed (ghafir in west); sixth from left: Ahmed el-Neger; eighth from left: Abdullah Abu Gebel (ghafir); ninth from left: Yasin (storekeeper, magazines). Middle row: 1: Mahmoud Ali; 2: Abdel Salam Abdel Latif (helped the cook Salem with groceries); 3: Atito (safragi/servant); 4: Dahi el-Batlan (irons clothes for the ladies); 5: Bashir el-Adjemi; 6: Mahmoud Said Ahmed Diraz; 7: Salem (cook); 8: Mohamed Said Ahmed Diraz; 9: George Reisner; 10: George Harold Edgell. Front row: 1: Hadad el-Adawy; 2: Mohamed Salem (son of Salem the cook); 3: boy: El Sayeh “the tourist” (youngest son of Said Ahmed, born 1924); 4: Mustapha Abu-el-Hamd (photographer); 5: standing boy in striped galabea, holding Reisner’s hand and Mohamed Said Ahmed Diraz’s right hand on his right shoulder: Saad (son of Mohamed Said Ahmed Diraz, and later victim of WWII hand-grenade accident at Giza; 6: Saman; 7: Said Halabi (carpenter) (identifications provided by Hassan Mohamed Said Ahmed Diraz, son of Mohamed Said Ahmed Diraz, Cairo, January 2006)

ID: HUMFA_B9021_NS

Subjects: People & places: Site: Giza; View: Giza, Harvard Camp

Description: From left to right: Frank O. Allen, George Reisner, Nicholas Melnikoff, Hansmartin Handrick (seated), and Mohammed Said Ahmed [Diraz] examining records at Harvard Camp (rephotograph from Al-Mussawar Arabic magazine, no. 740, December 16, 1938)

ID: HUMFA_B9022_NS

Subjects: People & places: Site: Giza; View: Giza, Harvard Camp

Description: George Reisner, Frank O. Allen, Mohammed Said Ahmed [Diraz] examining records at Harvard Camp (rephotograph from Al-Mussawar Arabic magazine visit, not used in no. 740, December 16, 1938)

ID: HUMFA_A8283_NS

Subjects: People & places: Site: Giza

Description: Harvard Camp: arrival of Dr. George Reisner and family at 7:20 pm from U.S.A., July 24, 1939. Identifiable people, from left to right, include: William Stevenson Smith (white shirt, in back at far left), Evelyn Perkins (dark dress, glasses, standing behind the two children), Mrs. Mary Reisner (to left of George Reisner), reis Mohammed Said Ahmed (behind and between Mary and George Reisner), George Reisner (white suit and cane), Miss Mary Reisner (dotted white dress, right of George Reisner), driver Tewfik (with fez), Frank Allen (in shorts and white socks).

ID: HUMFA_A8286_NS

Subjects: People & places: Site: Giza

Description: Harvard Camp: arrival of Dr. George Reisner from U.S.A.; the Reisners holding Harvard pennant; left to right: Frank O. Allen, Mahmoud Said, Nicholas Melnikoff, Mrs. Mary Reisner, George A. Reisner, Alexander Floroff, Miss Mary Reisner, Evelyn Perkins, Mohammed Said

ID: HUMFA_A7924_NS

Subjects: People & places: Site: Giza

Description: Harvard Camp: Group of workmen with Museum of Fine Arts, Boston President George H. Edgell and George Reisner (laughing), looking E. Three rows of workmen: back row in dark galabeas, middle row standing in white galabeas with Reisner and Edgell at right; front row seated on ground. Back row: Only four people identified: fifth from left (in picture, not proper left): Mubarak Mohamed (ghafir in west); sixth from left: Ahmed el-Neger; eighth from left: Abdullah Abu Gebel (ghafir); ninth from left: Yasin (storekeeper, magazines). Middle row: 1: Mahmoud Ali; 2: Abdel Salam Abdel Latif (helped the cook Salem with groceries); 3: Atito (safragi/servant); 4: Dahi el-Batlan (irons clothes for the ladies); 5: Bashir el-Adjemi; 6: Mahmoud Said Ahmed Diraz; 7: Salem (cook); 8: Mohamed Said Ahmed Diraz; 9: George Reisner; 10: George Harold Edgell. Front row: 1: Hadad el-Adawy; 2: Mohamed Salem (son of Salem the cook); 3: boy: El Sayeh “the tourist” (youngest son of Said Ahmed, born 1924); 4: Mustapha Abu-el-Hamd (photographer); 5: standing boy in striped galabea, holding Reisner’s hand and Mohamed Said Ahmed Diraz’s right hand on his right shoulder: Saad (son of Mohamed Said Ahmed Diraz, and later victim of WWII hand-grenade accident at Giza); 6: Saman; 7: Said Halabi (carpenter) (identifications provided by Hassan Mohamed Said Ahmed Diraz, son of Mohamed Said Ahmed Diraz, Cairo, January 2006)

ID: HUMFA_A7907_NS

Subjects: Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 2051, G 2041, G 2000

Description: Cemetery G 2000: E faces of G 2041 and G 2051, looking NW to G 2000 (= Lepsius 23) from top of G 2100 (SW corner of G 2110, middle ground right). Reis Mohammed Said Ahmed points to findspot of an offering stone of Tjenti (HUMFA_38-1-23), in front of the south niche of G 2051.

ID: HUMFA_A7918A_NS

Subjects: People & places: Site: Giza

Description: Harvard Camp: Group of workmen with Museum of Fine Arts, Boston President George H. Edgell and George Reisner, looking E. Three rows of workmen: back row in dark galabeas, middle row standing in white galabeas with Reisner and Edgell at right; front row seated on ground. Back row: Only four people identified: fourth from left (in picture, not proper left): Mubarak Mohamed (ghafir in west); fifth from left: Ahmed el-Neger; seventh from left: Abdullah Abu Gebel (ghafir); eighth from left: Yasin (storekeeper, magazines). Middle row: 1: Abdel Salam Abdel Latif (helped the cook Salem with groceries); 2: Atito (safragi/servant); 3: Dahi el-Batlan (irons clothes for the ladies); 4: Bashir el-Adjemi; 5: Mahmoud Said Ahmed Diraz; 6: Salem (cook); 7: Mohamed Said Ahmed Diraz; 8: George Reisner; 9: George Harold Edgell. Front row: 1: Mohamed Salem (son of Salem the cook); 2: boy: El Sayeh “the tourist” (youngest son of Said Ahmed, born 1924); 3: Mustapha Abu-el-Hamd (photographer); 4: small boy; 6: Saman; 7: Said Halabi (carpenter)

ID: HUMFA_A7918B_NS

Subjects: People & places: Site: Giza

Description: Harvard Camp: Group of workmen with Museum of Fine Arts, Boston President George H. Edgell and George Reisner, looking E. Three rows of workmen: back row in dark galabeas, middle row standing in white galabeas with Reisner and Edgell at right; front row seated on ground. Back row: Only four people identified: fourth from left (in picture, not proper left): Mubarak Mohamed (ghafir in west); fifth from left: Ahmed el-Neger; seventh from left: Abdullah Abu Gebel (ghafir); eighth from left: Yasin (storekeeper, magazines). Middle row: 1: Abdel Salam Abdel Latif (helped the cook Salem with groceries); 2: Atito (safragi/servant); 3: Dahi el-Batlan (irons clothes for the ladies); 4: Bashir el-Adjemi; 5: Mahmoud Said Ahmed Diraz; 6: Salem (cook); 7: Mohamed Said Ahmed Diraz; 8: George Reisner; 9: George Harold Edgell. Front row: 1: Mohamed Salem (son of Salem the cook); 2: boy: El Sayeh “the tourist” (youngest son of Said Ahmed, born 1924); 3: Mustapha Abu-el-Hamd (photographer); 4: small boy; 6: Saman; 7: Said Halabi (carpenter)

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