 Wellesley was an imperialist determined to reduce the Nizam to subservience.Wellesley strongly disapproved of British-Indian liaisons.After Kirkpatrick died in Calcutta on 15 October 1805, Khair-un-Nissa, who was only 19 years old, had a brief love affair with Kirkpatrick's assistant, Henry Russell, who would become Resident in Hyderabad in 1810.