Battle of Añyraqai

Battle of Añyraqai
	Part of the Kazakh-Dzungar Wars
Date	December 1729 – January 1730
Location	Republic of Kazakhstan, Almaty Region, Anrakai gorge between Balkash and Alakol Lakes
Result	Kazakh victory Beginning of the Kazakh counter-offensive; Liberation of East Kazakhstan from the Dzungars;
Belligerents
Kazakh Khanate	Dzungar Khanate
Commanders and leaders
Abu'l-Khair Muhammed Khan ; Bogenbay Bahadur ; Kabanbay Bahadur ; Rahim-Bek Bahadur ; Nasrullah Bahadur	Luvsan Daishyn
Strength
25,000–30,000	Unknown
Casualties and losses
Unknown	About half the army

The Battle of Añyraqai was a legendary battle that took place during the Kazakh-Dzungar Wars from December 1729 until January 1730. There are not many records about the Kazakh-Dzungar Wars because the Kazakh people did not have a written tradition of transmitting information. The folk legend about the battle recorded in 1905 by the researcher and collector of Kazakh folklore, A. A. Divaev, tells that the battle took place between Lakes Balkhash and Alakol in present-day Almaty Region. The war between Kazakhs and Dzungars lasted for 7 years (1723–1730). The war ended with the victory of a single force consisting of members from all three main clans (jüzes) under the supreme command of Kazakh ruler Abu'l-Khair Muhammed Khan (1710–1748).