Alexander Dumas first met a Tjurk. 1814. "Turks in Paris" 

«We saw them in 1814, in pointed caps, with bows, arrows, spears in wide trousers, with rope stirrups and hairy horses, they were the horror of our peasants,
who had no idea about such people, and especially about such attire.» Almost half a century has passed, and as if only yesterday happened, what twelve-year-
old Alexander saw would be described by the already popular writer A. Dumas.