bedersi was a prolific writer. several collections of his poems are still extant in manuscript in various libraries. the most complete manuscript is that in the british museum, add. no. 27,168. this contains an elegy on the death of his relative, david of cabestan; several poems and letters addressed to todros abulafia and his companion, abu al-ḥasan saul; poems dedicated to the physician of the king of castile, abu al-ḥasan meïr ibn al-ḥarit; and the elegy mentioned above.