You will have control of very huge forces. All Cavalry armies, all infantry, and mixed armies are stationed around Aleppo, so you will have plenty of choice to how to fight the Mongols. The economy is stable, earning loads of cash each turn, but using just as much on buildings and retraining troops.

If you don't care about building, drop it and you will have loads of cash to use.

The Capital is Jerusalem, so there is a little unrest in Spain. Nothing you can't handle, however.

The family is strong, so even if you are pushed out of the middle east there are many family members in spain as well. These can of course be used to re-inforce the middle east if that is what you want as well. You have a few enemies and a few allies, but mostly everyone leaves you alone (except the Mongols)

It's Medieval 2 Total war Vanilla, 1.2. Difficulty should be M/H