At one time he lived at Arles, and in 1285, during the war of France with Roussillon, he took refuge in Narbonne. He seems at one time to have been rich, for in a poem he declares that he is independent and writes for his own pleasure. The compiler of his "diwan" relates that Bedersi sent money to the wandering poet Gorni (Luzzatto, Intro. to "Ḥotam Toknit," p. 4).