Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Raikes ya koma Zanzibar don karɓar alƙawari a matsayin Birgediya Janar a rundunar Sultan. A shekara ta 1896 ya shiga cikin
Yaƙin Anglo-Zanzibar, wanda ya haifar da maye gurbin sultan wanda ba shi da kyau ga Birtaniyya, kuma ya jagoranci Askaris masu goyon bayan Birtaniyya 900 yayin harin bam na fadar Sultan. A sakamakon hidimarsa an nada shi memba na farko (Na biyu) na Order of the Brilliant Star of Zanzibar a ranar 24 ga Satumba, 1896, memba na farko na Zanzibar Order of Hamondieh a ranar 25 ga Agusta, 1897 kuma daga baya aka daukaka shi zuwa Kwamandan sojojin Zanzibar.