The praise literature of Jerusalem is part of a larger corpus known as Fadail al-Buldan (Praises of Cities and Countries). This literary category includes legends and traditions that glorify the city or district. In the third year of the Hijra (ninth century CE) compositions describing different cities, such as Mecca, Al-Madina and Baghdad, were composed. Absent from this early literature is Jerusalem, whose earliest Fadail literature was composed in the fifth year of the Hijra (eleventh century CE). The Fadail literature of Jerusalem was by Abu Bakr Muhammad, son of Ahmad al-Wasiti. There are two further compositions, but only one, written by Al-Maali Al-Musharaf Ibn Al-Muraja, survived; the composition of his student, Abu al-Qasim al-Makki ibn Abd al-Salam al-Rumayli was lost following the Crusaders' conquest of Jerusalem (1099 CE).