My first bash at MTW :)

[Zarax]

The Almohads aren't easy pickings for the Eggys, a couple AUMs is enough to severely cripple the egyptian light inf and cav, especially without spanish help.

[DisruptorX]

The Almohads aren't easy pickings for the Eggys, a couple AUMs is enough to severely cripple the egyptian light inf and cav, especially without spanish help.

Really? What difficulty do you play? I play on Normal and Hard, and the Almohads are so weak that they often collapse by themselves! The Almohad territories bordering Egypt can't build urban militia, and are very poorly defended. I have yet to see Spain not drive them out of Europe, which deprives them of their best territories.

The Almohads are crippled by civil war and rebellion almost every game, I don't think I've ever actually needed to take them on directly.

[Zarax]

Really?
My strategy on normal is to quickly cripple the turks and then use the experienced troops plus reinforcements to take on the Almohads.
Usually cyrenaica falls easily but i find one or two AUMs defending algeria or tunisia with a lot of archer support and some muhawids.
Also in about 30% of my games the Almohads manage to crush or severly cripple the spanish while to the north the french becomes the superpower and finish them.