Anza Qeelsia

Anza Qeelsia (c. 3 BJ - 16. Vismar 68 AJ) was a Qeelsian companion of Jiahen Qeelsia, the first of the shakiha, independent syahin and the first convert to the Milawic religion. His early life is unknown, but several turaya indicate that Anza and Jiahen are related through a recent relative, and most modern scholars agree that Jiahen and Anza were cousins. Anza was a scribe of Haklasian manuscripts when Jiahen told him about his angelic encounter.
Anza fought in the Battle of Qeelsia, and survived. He is among the hundreds of people who claimed to have seen Jiahen after his death. Anza had a councilor position in the newly installed Qeelsian government afterwards, and was a popular figure among new converts.
==Early life==
Anza Qeelsia was born around 3 BJ, two years before the birth of Jiahen. Anza was born in Qeelsia City, then known as the Province of Qeelsia under the occupation of Imperial Haklasia. Few records give an accurate depiction of his childhood, but several Ulavin Era writers who interviewed the veterans of the Battle of Qeelsia describe Anza as a quiet boy who grew up in a dunwuba with his mother, father, three sisters, uncle and two female cousins. Early records of the life of Jiahen and subsequent writings on the Milaw indicate that they are first cousins.
Anza became a scribe at some point in his life. Several interviews state that he learned to speak and write Haklasian, and was working full time as a translator by age 19. A few books translated by Anza are on display at the Milawic Union of Qeelsia Museum. Jiahen and Anza apparently knew each other from childhood, further indicating a family connection.
==Companion of Jiahen==
According to texts of the Milaw, Jiahen went to the home of Anza directly after the first angelic encounter. They drank wine and discussed the event, which prompted Anza to believe Jiahen, making him the first official convert.
== Death ==
Anza died on the 16th of Vismar 68 at the age of 72 of an unknown illness. Some reports indicate a high fever over a long period and painful sores on his body. Anza is presumed to be the last surviving veteran of the Battle of Qeelsia.
His only son, Jarmarat Jiahen Qeelsia, went on to have fifteen children. Their descendants constitute the Anzanic line, which became a part of the Avyanic line when Jamarat Samelihen Qeelsia, 11th grandson of Anza married Skathiya Qeelsia, daughter of avya Nipokar Qeelsia and had Jamarat Samelihen Qeelsia II, whose descendants, the Samelihen-Qeelsia family, constitute the oldest Anzanic-Avyanic nobles.Category:People
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