In 1830 Mustapha Ben Mezrag, bey of Tittery (South ouest Algiers), asks his help to raise a rebellion against the French troops, and named him Pasha.
The Bey of Tunis, in negotiation with general Clauzel to cede the province of Constantine, enemy has always sent Ibrahim as emissary.
Exploiting the credulity of the French officers, he captured the city, but was taken over by the armed forces, he took refuge in Bizerte.
He fought in the Citadel of Bone against the armies of general Monck but after a defeat, he fled again to Médéa.
He was assassinated in 1833, his family fled to Algiers, and his two sons, started a few years later serving the French army.