The "Dhayl mufarrij al-kurūb" covers the years 660–695 AH, corresponding to 1261/2–1295/6. The "Dhayl" is more limited in scope and less continuous than the "Mufarrij". It is mostly about events in and around Ḥamā, although it contains some information on affairs elsewhere in the Mamlūk empire. The "Dhayl" describes the death of Al-Manṣūr II (1284) and how ʿAlī came to serve as al-Muẓaffar's principal secretary in considerable detail. It contains large chronological gaps between episodes, which are told in detail. ʿAlī frequently reports from memory or from what he had been told. He evidently had some direct dealings with the Franks, making him a useful source for the final period of the Crusades in Syria. He is also an eyewitness to the Mongol invasion of Syria, having accompanied Baybars on his anti-Mongol campaign of 1277. He was apparently also an eyewitness to the siege of al-Marqab (1285). Among other sources, he cites his relative Najm al-Dīn al-Ghaffār and the vizier of Ḥamā, Najm al-Dīn ibn al-Tāj.