His parents were Marta and Hovsep, who was an
Armenian merchant from
Kayseri. They later settled in
Smyrna and had Boghos as their first child. He then assisted his uncle Arakel Abroyan, the then
Dragoman of the British Consulate in
İzmir. Arakel Abroyan passed on the post of dragoman to Boghos. Boghos Yusufian then gained his commercial expertise by leading a trading center based in the city of
Trieste. In the 1790s, Boghos Bey Yusufian became customs officer of
Muhammad Murad Bey in the city of
Rosette. Boghos Bey Yusufian was such a successful merchant that he was invited by Governor
Mohamed Ali to become his secretary and partner. Boghos Yousefian is considered the first Christian in Egypt to have been granted the title of
Bey. == References ==