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Boghos Bey Yusufian (1775–1844) was an Armenian merchant and customs official. He was Egypt's Minister of Commerce, Minister of Foreign Affairs, and secretary of
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Biography

His parents were Marta and Hovsep, who was an Armenian merchant from
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. They later settled in
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and had Boghos as their first child. He then assisted his uncle Arakel Abroyan, the then
Dragoman A dragoman was an Interpreter (communication), interpreter, translator, and official guide between Turkish language, Turkish-, Arabic language, Arabic-, and Persian language, Persian-speaking countries and polity, polities of the Middle East and ...
of the British Consulate in
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. 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
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. In the 1790s, Boghos Bey Yusufian became customs officer of Muhammad Murad Bey in the city of
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. 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
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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Boghos Yusufian 1775 births 1844 deaths People from İzmir Egyptian people of Armenian descent Smyrniote Armenians Ministers of foreign affairs of Egypt Commerce ministers of Egypt 19th-century Egyptian people