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).

The Añyraqai Mountains and Lake Alakol (Almaty region) were important strategic points during the entire period of the Kazakh-Dzungar confrontation.

The different mountain landscapes provided good opportunities for cavalry attacks and maneuvers, and the tugai forests near the battle area allowed for covert concentration of troops.

The Anrakai gorge of Chu-Ili district is an important cultural and historical landmark, since the final battle and the end of the eight-year war took place here.

The Kazakh cavalry weapons consisted of bows and arrows, swords, combat knife, spear, battle axe (Aybalta), lashes-kamshi, clubs-soil and tools for catching horses and the enemy — Kuryk.

Folk legends about the battle of Anrakai were common in Western Semirechye among local old-timers, but due to the great distance of this region from the settled agricultural countries of Central Asia, they were out of sight of Russian, Muslim and Chinese chroniclers of that time.