▁an archy ▁and ▁his ▁kingdom ." ▁ ▁Al leg ory ▁on ▁the ▁Ne h ru v ian ▁era ▁Good read s ▁comments : ▁" T ugh la q ▁written ▁by ▁Gir ish ▁K arn ad ▁in ▁ 1 9 6 4 , ▁is ▁his ▁best ▁loved ▁play , ▁about ▁an ▁ideal ist ▁ 1 4 th - century ▁Sultan ▁of ▁Del hi , ▁Muhammad ▁bin ▁T ug hl u q , ▁and ▁alleg ory ▁on ▁the ▁Ne h ru v ian ▁era ▁which ▁started ▁with ▁am bit ious ▁ideal ism ▁and ▁ended ▁up ▁in ▁dis ill usion ment ." ▁ ▁Historical ▁play ▁Prof . ▁Ash a ▁K uth ari ▁Ch aud h uri ▁then ▁of ▁the ▁G au h ati ▁University ▁at ▁Gu w ah ati , ▁has ▁said ▁of ▁the ▁play : ▁" T ugh la q ▁is ▁based ▁on ▁the ▁life ▁and ▁story ▁of ▁Moh amm ad - bin - T ugh la q ▁-- ▁the ▁most ▁controvers ial ▁r uler ▁of ▁the ▁Del hi ▁s ultan ate . ▁T ugh la q ▁is ▁defined ▁as ▁a ▁historical ▁play ▁because ▁the ▁chief ▁protagon ist ▁is ▁a ▁character ▁taken ▁from ▁history ▁and ▁the ▁play ▁documents ▁a ▁series ▁of ▁past ▁events ▁that ▁took ▁place ▁during ▁the ▁reign ▁of ▁Moh amm ad - bin - T ugh la q . ▁T ugh la q ▁can ▁also ▁be ▁considered ▁as ▁a ▁political ▁play ▁as ▁it ▁represents ▁the ▁reign ▁of ▁a ▁king ▁and ▁his ▁various ▁moves ▁to ▁un ify ▁the ▁H ind us ▁and ▁Muslim s