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Ever since the time of my ancestor Ali the first Imam, that is to say, over a period of some thirteen hundred years, it has always been the tradition of my family that each Imam chooses his successor at his absolute and unfettered discretion from amongst any of his descendants, whether they be sons or remoter male issue and in these circumstances, and in view of the fundamentally altered conditions in the World in very recent years due to the great changes which have taken place, including the discoveries of atomic sciences, I am convinced that it is in the best interest of the Shia Moslem Ism