He was related to the house of the exilarchsLetter of Sherira Gaon, in Neubauer, "M. J. C." i. 23; Halevy, "Dorot ha-Rishonim," ii. 412 and is even said to have been an exilarch himself.Weiss, "Dor," iii. 176; Bacher, "Ag. Bab. Amor." p. 46 Sherira Gaon claimed to be a descendant of his, and of the Davidic line.B. Talmud, Yebamoth 115b; Erubin 26a
