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- ↑ ([建兴四年]冬，十一月，....壬寅，汉主聪临光极殿，帝稽首于前。麹允伏地恸哭，扶不能起。聪怒，囚之，允自杀。聪以帝为光禄大夫，封怀安候。以大司马曜为假黄钺、大都督、督陕西诸军事、太宰，封秦王。大赦，改元麟嘉。以麹允忠烈，赠车骑将军，谥节愍候。以索𬘭不忠，斩于都市。) Zizhi Tongjian, vol.89
- ↑ (麹允，金城人也。與游氏世為豪族，西州為之語曰：「麹與游，牛羊不數頭。南開朱門，北望青樓。」) Book of Jin, Volume 89
- ↑ (初，南陽王模以從事中郎索綝爲馮翊太守。綝，靖之子也。模死，綝與安夷護軍金城麴允、頻陽令梁肅，俱奔安定。) Zizhi Tongjian, Volume 87
- ↑ (鼎少有大志，因西土人思歸，欲立功鄉里，乃與撫軍長史王毗、司馬傳遜懷翼戴秦王之計，謂疇、捷等曰：「山東非霸王處，不如關中。」河陽令傅暢遺鼎書，勸奉秦王過洛陽，謁拜山陵，徑據長安，綏合夷晉，興起義眾，克復宗廟，雪社稷之恥。鼎得書，便欲詣洛，流人謂北道近河，懼有抄截，欲南自武關向長安。疇等皆山東人，咸不願西入，荀籓及疇、捷等並逃散。鼎追籓不及，恆等見殺，唯顗、述走得免。遂奉秦王行，止上洛，為山賊所襲，殺百餘人，率餘眾西至藍田。時劉聰向長安，為雍州刺史賈疋所逐，走還平陽。疋遣人奉迎秦王。) Book of Jin, Volume 60
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- ↑ (漢中山王曜恃勝而不設備，十一月，麴允引兵襲之，漢兵大敗，殺其冠軍將軍喬智明；曜引歸平陽。) Zizhi Tongjian, Volume 88
- ↑ (趙染寇北地，夢魯徽大怒，引弓射之，染驚悸而寤。旦將攻城，中弩而死。) Book of Jin, Volume 102
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